leverage

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He noted that diplomatic solutions leave the other side with leverage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

David Eichhorn, the CEO of NISA, a fixed-income asset manager with $500 billion under management, has analyzed private credit and says current bond spreads make leverage less economic for BDCs.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The critics argue Lemssouguer relies heavily on borrowed money, or leverage, to boost profits, a strategy prone to backfiring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

A Mizuho analyst said in January that the stock had already gotten a boost from investors looking to leverage growth in the satellite market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 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