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[[Capital gain]]. The profit from the sale of a capital asset for more than its purchase price.
 
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*[[Traditional IRA]]s. Individual retirement arrangements in which qualified contributions are tax deductible and income and capital gains on investments within the account are not taxed until the money is withdrawn after age 59½.
 
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[[Stockholders' equity]] is the phenomenon that represents the amount that stockholders paid the company when shares were purchased and the amount of earnings the company has retained since its origination.
 
[[Stockholders' equity]] is the phenomenon that represents the amount that stockholders paid the company when shares were purchased and the amount of earnings the company has retained since its origination.
  

Latest revision as of 18:06, 1 November 2019

Stockholders' equity is the phenomenon that represents the amount that stockholders paid the company when shares were purchased and the amount of earnings the company has retained since its origination.


Definitions

According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),

Stockholders' equity. It represents the amount that stockholders paid the company when shares were purchased and the amount of earnings the company has retained since its origination.

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