Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When you get a loan — whether it’s a car loan, home loan, student loan, personal loan or loan from a family member — you assume a debt and become a debtor. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...

Today’s volatile real estate market will likely engender increased bankruptcy filings by real estate owners, operators and investors, and will give rise to new examination by lenders of the ...

The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio is a financial metric that measures a company's financial leverage by comparing its total debt to shareholders' equity. It indicates how much debt a company uses to ...