When you want to get an idea of a company's financial condition, ratio analysis is one of the tools of the trade. In the following article, you'll learn about two useful balance sheet ratios: the debt ...

A leverage ratio measures the level of debt being used by a business. There are several different types of leverage ratios, including equity multiplier, debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio, and degree of ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over ...

WASHINGTON International regulators' decision to ease a final global leverage ratio will force the U.S. agencies to decide if they will follow suit and could cause them to make the domestic version of ...

The leverage ratio, one of the most important additions to post-financial crisis bank reforms might be changed next year. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the international standards setter ...

WASHINGTON A proposal by U.S. regulators to raise the leverage ratio at the biggest bank holding companies and their subsidiaries is already drawing fire from both sides of a raging debate about how ...

The largest Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse may have to keep working on their balance sheet quality over the next few quarters, as the Swiss National Bank is pushing for stricter rules governing ...