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
With discounted valuations, rising output, and leverage to global pricing, these underappreciated players offer a combination of growth and cash flow that the broader market has not yet fully priced in.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
So Xi's visit this week is likely to be less about friendship, more about leverage.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“Solving it with lower leverage rather than price makes sense to us because if you start out conservative, it gives you more cushion if you’re wrong.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The very notion that Jefferson should feel himself the injured party with the moral leverage to forgive her husband was a preposterous presumption.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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