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    Fed Transcripts Reveal Concerns About Private Equity Boom

    January 18, 2013 As the private equity bubble inflated during the first half of 2007, a period defined by record acquisitions by the world’s largest buyout firms, the Federal Reserve…

    Real estate investing requires a new way of thinking about your money

    27 March : Real estate investor Justin Pierce writes an occasional column about his experiences buying and selling houses in the Washington area. I am struck by how people struggle…

    Long-Term and Intermediate-Term Business Loans

    March 19 ::: All but the smallest of businesses may use both debt and equity financing in financing their business. Bank loans through commercial banks is the most common way…

    What is the debt to asset ratio, how is it calculated, what does it measure?

    March 19 :: The debt to asset ratio is the percentage of total debt financing the firm uses as compared to the percentage of the firm’s total assets. It helps…

    Definition of Debt Financing

    March 19 :: Debt financing is a method of obtaining capital to operate by a business through borrowing money. Businesses borrow money from a variety of commercial sources and then…

    What is Leverage?

    March 19 :: Leverage, as a business term, refers to debt or to the borrowing of funds to finance the purchase of a company’s assets. Business owners can use either…

    What is the long-term debt to total capitalization ratio? How is it calculated?

    19 March :: The debt to asset ratio, the debt to equity ratio, and the long-term debt to total capitalization ratio all measure the extent of the firm’s financing with…

    Overview of Mezzanine Financing

    March 19:: If your company needs money and is privately held, reasonably successful, and in a rising industry with gross revenues of at least $5 million, it may be a…

    Venture Capital as Equity Financing

    March 19:: Venture capital is equity financing for a small business firm supplied by investors who typically take a large ownership stake in the firm. Venture Capital Investment – 2011…

    Types of Equity Financing for Small Business

    19 March ::  Equity is the ownership that both the business owner and other investors have in a company. Equity financing is raising money through investors for the small business.…