equity

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Return on tangible common equity, or ROTCE, has become a standard measurement of earnings power for banks, with the denominator excluding intangible assets, such as deferred tax assets, loan-servicing rights and goodwill.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Underlying earnings rose 13% year-over-year in the first quarter of the new year and its return on equity expanded to 17.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

If equity investment were the issue, one could also point to the successful investment policies of the Canada Pension Plan and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Before this year, explosive growth in private equity and private credit and the high management fees that came with it had put Blackstone and its peers ahead of rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Greg Lippmann had traded bonds backed by various consumer loans—auto loans, credit card loans, home equity loans—since 1991, when he had graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and taken a job at Credit Suisse.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis