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equity

[ek-wi-tee] / ˈɛk wɪ ti /


NOUN
money invested in possession
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For others — most people, probably — who want long-term growth, a diversified equity portfolio will historically produce better results.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Markets are overlooking the potential upside boost to earnings prospects for investment banks that volatile markets and heavy new equity issuance may provide in the coming months.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

But the hit to growth would be even more severe if an extended blockage helped trigger a sharp fall in equity prices or a sharp rise in bond yields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Local retail savers have more than filled the gap, many of them novice equity holders increasingly buying through leveraged instruments.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

People with first mortgages had vast amounts of equity locked up in their houses; why shouldn’t this untapped equity, too, be securitized?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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