You often see the debt to equity ratio called the gearing ratio, although technically it would be more correct to refer to it as a gearing ratio. Gearing simply refers to financial leverage. Gearing ratios focus more heavily on the concept of leverage than other ratios used in accounting or investment analysis.his difference is embodied in the difference between the debt ratio and the debt to equity ratio. Put another way, leverage refers to the use of debt. Gearing is a type of leverage analysis that incorporates owner's equity, often expressed as a ratio in financial analysis.
Even when AARP was founded in 1958, most people didn't retire at 50. (Hell, Ike was still president at 70). Be honest AARP -- your membership begins at 50 so your magazine can demand higher advertising rates -- the bigger the circulation, the higher the revenue. Here's a better idea -- just call it AAP -- the American Association of Persons.
The program has participating communities in more than 20 nations, as well as 10 affiliates representing more than 1,000 communities. In the U.S., more than three dozen communities representing more than a dozen states are enrolled in the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities. (Check out The Member List .).