Markets · 6 pages · 12 min
Equity is the residual claim left when the firm's recorded liabilities are subtracted from its recorded assets.
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Equity is defined by the accounting equation as what remains after liabilities are subtracted from assets. It is the residual claim of owners, not a stack of cash sitting apart from the factories, receivables, and debts already listed on the sheet. The opening covers residual after creditor claims, it is not spendable cash, and profits add to the residual.
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