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Equilibrium
Definition: The stable state of the system. See: Attractor.
Equilibrium Exchange Rate
Definition: Exchange rate at which demand for a currency is equal to the supply of the currency in the economy.
Equilibrium Market Price Of Risk
Definition: The slope of the capital market line (CML). Since the CML represents the expected return offered to compensate for a perceived level of risk, each point on the line is a balanced market condition, or equilibrium. The slope of the line determines the additional expected return needed to compensate for a unit change in risk. The equation of the CML is defined by the capital asset pricing model.
Equilibrium Price
Definition: The price at which the supply of goods matches demand.
Equilibrium Rate Of Interest
Definition: The interest rate that clears the market. Also called the trade-clearing interest rate.
Equipment Leasing Partnership
Definition: A limited partnership that receives income and tax benefits such as depreciation costs by purchasing equipment and leasing it to other parties.
Equipment Trust Certificates
Definition: Certificates issued by a trust that is formed to purchase an asset and lease it to a lessee. When the last of the certificates has been repaid, title and ownership of the asset transfers to the lessee.
Equitable Owner
Definition: The beneficiary of a property held in a trust.
Equity
Definition: Ownership interest in a firm. Also, the residual dollar value of a futures trading account, assuming its liquidation is at the going trade price. In real estate, dollar difference between what a property could be sold for and debts claimed against it. In a brokerage account, equity equals the value of the account's securities minus any debit balance in a margin account. Equity is also shorthand for stock market investments.
Equity Cap
Definition: An agreement in which one party, for an up-front premium, agrees to pay the other at specific time periods if a designated stock market benchmark tops a predetermined level.
Equity Carve Out
Definition: Usually occurs when a company decides to IPO one of their subsidiaries or divisions. The company usually only offers a minority share to the equity market. Also known as carve out.
Equity Claim
Definition: Also called a residual claim; a claim to a share of earnings after debt obligations have been satisfied.
Equity Collar
Definition: The simultaneous purchase of an equity floor and sale of an equity cap.
Equity Contribution Agreement
Definition: An agreement to contribute equity to a project under certain specified conditions.
Equity Floor
Definition: An agreement in which one party agrees to pay the other at specific time periods if a specific stock market benchmark falls below a predetermined level.
Equity Funding
Definition: An investment consisting of a life insurance policy and a mutual fund. The insurance policy is paid by the collateral value of fund shares, giving the investor the advantages of insurance protection with the growth potential of a mutual fund.
Equity Kicker
Definition: Stock warrants issued attached to a new debt, preferred or common stock issue to improve the salability of the issue.
Equity Loan
Definition: Same or similar to "home equity line of credit." See also "home equity line of credit" under "mortgage."
Equity Market
Definition: Related: stock market
Equity Multiplier
Definition: Total assets divided by total common stockholders' equity; the total assets per dollar of stockholders' equity.
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