leverage

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“Operating leverage will increasingly materialize as asset growth compounds and productivity per advisor improves, aided by the technology investments the company has made,” the UBS analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

A key issue will be the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway into the Gulf through which one-fifth of the world's oil transits -- and where Iran has demonstrated it can exert key leverage.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Ultimately, the goal is growth that is less dependent on leverage combined with regulation that restrains excess without choking activity.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The Iranians have established a form of global economic leverage in ths Strait, and demonstrated its use.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“They want me, for leverage against my father.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi