Look up: leverage

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   Leverage
   The use of debt financing.
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   Leverage
   Refers to the concept of increasing, multiplying, or magnifying the market impact of an investment. Leverage magnifies both the gains or the losses. In corporate finance, leverage often means the amount of debt to equity. Borrowing can enhance shareholder equity returns because the interest is deductible but the profits remain for the common share investors. For derivative products, little or no margin is required for placing positions. Depending on the instrument, market, exchange and other fac...
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   Leverage
   A synonym for gearing (e.g. using derivative investments to over-invest a portfolio).
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   Leverage
   The use of fixed costs in an attempt to increase (or lever up) profitability.
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   Leverage
   The ability to control large amounts of a financial asset with a comparatively small amount of capital.
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   leverage
   The US term for gearing.
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   Leverage
   Use of borrowed money to increase returns. See also gearing.
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   leverage
   [n] - the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever 2. [n] - strategic advantage 3. [n] - investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) 4. [v] - supplement with leverage 5. [v] - provide with leverage
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   Leverage
   Leverage is another term for gearing. Debt financing is used to invest in the company or asset to fund growth. The higher the ratio of debt to equity, the higher the leverage.
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    Leverage
    In the US, the ratio of a company's long term debt, typically bonds and preferred stock, to its... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/leverage.htm?id=847&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of leverage'>more</a>
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    leverage
    See gearing
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    leverage
    a measure of the amount of influence a given data value has on a fitted linear regression.For a change in an observed Y value,the leverage is the proportional change in the fitted Y value Category: Statistics • influence of gearing ratio on equity capital yield Category: Commerce - movement of goods • arises as a result of the existence of nonvarying costs::the greater the ...
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    leverage
    see gearing
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    Leverage
    Lev'er·age (lĕv'ẽr*aj or lē'vẽr*aj) noun The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever. Leverage of a couple (Mech.) , the perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel and opposite directions. -- Leverage of a force , the perpendicular distance from the line in which a force ac ...
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    leverage
    The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever. ... <mechanics> Leverage of a couple, the perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel and opposite directions. Leverage of a force, the perpendicular distance from the line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about which the bod ...
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    leverage
    leveraging noun investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)
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    leverage
    noun strategic advantage; power to act effectively; `relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage`
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    leverage
    purchase noun the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever
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    Leverage
    `Leverage` is a factor by which lever multiplies a force - it is therefore related to mechanical advantage. The useful work done is the energy applied, which is force times distance. Therefore a small force applied over a long distance is the same amount of work as a large force applied over a small distance. The trick is converting the one into the other. The requisite mathematics was developed in the third century B.C. by Archimedes. The simpl...
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    Leverage
    The use of debt financing, or property of rising or falling at a proportionally greater amount than comparable investments. For example, an option is said to have high leverage compared to the underlying stock because a given price change in the stock may result in a greater increase or decrease in the value of the option. Also, commonly known as G...
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    Leverage
    • (n.) The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.
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    Leverage
    The relation of debt to equity in a corporate financial capital structure; also the act of controlling more than one device of a security (for example buying a stock on margin) through another device with the idea of improving returns. Discover What It’s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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    Leverage
    The degree to which an investor or business is utilizing borrowed money. For companies, leverage is measured by the debt-to-equity ratio
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    leverage
    Generally speaking, leverage is the use of debt to increase returns. On the most basic level, people who profit on a home typically have used leverage. If you bought a $100,000 home with $20,000 down and later sold the home for $110,000, you made only 10 percent on the house, but 50 percent on your initial investment. That`s the beauty of leverage.…
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    leverage
    Most companies use debt to finance operations. By doing so a company increases its leverage because it can invest in business operations without increasing its equity. For example if a company formed with an investment of $5 million from investors, the equity in the company is $5 million and this is the money it uses to operate. If the company uses…
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