By nud-1991, Thomson's personal equity holdings were worth $7.7 billion.

Because the market has had such a good run, investors may find that equity holdings are now too large a part of their portfolio.

The drop in equity holdings has not been nearly as severe.

In the national executive search companies, the equity holding is principally with the founders of the business.

"Additionally, the value of shareholders' equity holdings rose 84 percent between 1985 and 1990," the survey said.

But even now, some financial advisers are recommending that individuals scale back their equity holdings.

Until then, there would not be a ready market for the equity holdings of former bondholders and others.

It also plans to increase the equity holdings of management.

The total value of his equity holdings in the company was $18,671,863, not $51,603,534.

The fund's equity holdings of $26 billion constitute the nation's single largest stock portfolio.