Examining Data for the Generation of Americans Now Entering Retirement

question 54

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Examining data for the generation of Americans now entering retirement years, researchers have estimated that the average white baby-boom family will have earned $250,000 more than the average black baby-boom family over their respective lifetimes of work.

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Operating Costs

Expenses associated with the day-to-day functioning of a business, such as rent, utilities, and salaries, but excluding costs related to production.

ROE

Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of a corporation's profitability that reveals how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.

EPS

Earnings Per Share, a company's profit divided by the number of outstanding shares of its common stock.

Equity Multiplier

A financial leverage ratio that measures the portion of a company's assets that are financed by stockholder's equity.