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Using This Financial Strategy Could Mean You're 'Upper Class'

Being wealthy means a whole lot more than a few commas in your bank account. In fact, members of the elite exhibit some ...
The Monterey County Herald

Steven Merrell, Financial Planning: Leverage points

Leverage is a powerful concept. With leverage, a relatively small input can create a disproportionately large output. The Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes memorably captured this idea when ...
Decrypt

Explaining the Bitcoin Crash: What Are Liquidations and Leverage?

Here's how Friday's Bitcoin crash was so devastating for leveraged traders, who experienced $19 billion in liquidations.
Morningstar

Fed minutes flag Treasury-market leverage as a risk to financial stability

Top Federal Reserve officials saw a number of vulnerabilities to the financial system worth monitoring as of last month, one of which has to do with the use of leverage in the Treasury market.Minutes ...
Kiplinger

Financial Leverage, Part Two: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You

In December, Kiplinger.com published my article about the risks and rewards of investing in highly leveraged cryptocurrency-related securities, What to Know About Leverage and Bitcoin’s Meteoric Rise.
Wall Street Journal

Global Regulators Warn of 'Hidden Leverage' in Financial System

Klaas Knot, president of De Nederlandsche Bank NV and chair of the Financial Stability Board. (Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg News) Global financial regulators are warning against “hidden leverage” in the ...
Reuters

Global watchdog warns over 'very high leverage' in hedge funds

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Leverage is now very high in parts of the $7 trillion hedge fund sector, G20 risk watchdog Financial Stability Board (FSB) warned on Wednesday, while noting that significant ...