leverage
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Perpetual futures, also called “perps,” let small investors take risky bets with much more leverage than would typically be permitted in traditional products.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
More recently, China has shown that it, too, wields potent leverage over other countries—including the U.S.—through its stranglehold on critical minerals essential for manufacturing everything from semiconductors to jet engines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
It has a yield of 13%, significantly higher than average, mainly because of the use of leverage.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Pyongyang now has the leverage to demand a larger exchange with China.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
In just the past five years, Bear Stearns’s leverage had gone from 20:1 to 40:1.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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