MANAGEMENT BUY-OUT is the purchase of a company by its management; usually with the backing of outside investors.
IN THE RED means losing money; the opposite of "in the black."
UNDERWATER, in securities, is securities held in a portfolio with an unrealized market loss. Selling them would mean realizing the loss and, according to statutory accounting, a reduction in policyholders' surplus.
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