Such was the experience in an earlier application of financial leverage -- the South African divestment campaign.
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Soon after, Bronfman started using his political leverage--he's a contributor to both U.S. political parties--to exert pressure on the Swiss.
The research note points to the fact that Harley has lagged behind many other leverage-dependent consumer stocks, and they have faith in the restructuring plan in place.
But each of them, on the simpler measure of gross leverage - that unweighted ratio of loans to capital - was a nano-distance away from the cliff edge.
He's in big takeovers, because the event arbitrage funds were up 14.41% and 13.74% without leverage and 21.41% after 1.5 times leverage--sensational returns in the face of a stock market off 20% since last October.
Jay Brinkmann, vice president for research and economics at the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, says the cracks will come first among the speculators who are using leverage--the equivalent of those who bought tech stocks on margin in the late 1990s.
Or to put it another way, in the absence of dangerous leverage - or huge debts relative to their capital resources - can Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and so on make a decent return without a massive overhaul in their business models (management-consultant speak for huge job cuts)?
During the three-hour climb up rocky switchbacks to the pass, we stomp through several steep spots blanketed in knee-deep snow and ice. (You really feel those 30 pounds shifting around on your back as you try to maintain your balance.) We're forced to detour around one switchback and shimmy up a slick, steep incline of green brush, holding on to plants for leverage--and praying for solid foot positions.
But he gets ten-times leverage by launching a prize, and 100-times leverage by supporting a prize-giving organisation.
As it happens, the Basel gurus are introducing a 33-to-1 gross leverage ratio - which many would see as a step in the right direction, but British MPs and lords on the standards commission think is too high.
One of these risks is the threat of economic stagnation driven by de-leverage and government-imposed austerity, as it was discussed in previous pieces.
Since the CME raised the margin downpayment required of gold derivative traders by one-quarter early in August ( widely reported, but hey, pundits take holidays too) leverage across-the-board in New York gold futures stands at 25-to-1.
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In fact it continues on a lower trajectory as the world continues to de-leverage from years of built-up excess debt.
As new providers leverage never-before-seen volumes of data from students around the world, localities will benefit.
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The ability to leverage cloud-delivered platforms that you rent means your costs can drop significantly.
So it should be no surprise that the company is seeking out partners to leverage e-commerce opportunities.
Instead of learning from expensive certification programs and courses, employees can leverage low-cost resources to learn from one another.
You don't want to leverage 10-year Treasuries unless you believe the Great Depression is around the corner and Treasuries trade at a 1% yield.
They leverage cloud-based apps like Salesforce.com to manage their customer relationships.
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And the idea is very simple here: We're going to leverage cutting-edge technology to reduce the unnecessary paperwork, backlogs, and the lack of transparency that's caused so many people so much heartache.
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To make it work, he says, every level of a business must be involved and focused on finding leverage points--called "centers of gravity"--that will change a system and attacking them quickly and simultaneously, not in serially.
If someone is ex-Goldman (GS) before joining Treasury, you know they are going to be in the camp of helping Washington support the status quo for Wall Street and promoting Bob Rubin-esque policies of leverage and hands-off.
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After all, loans remain one of the few asset classes that offer retail investors relatively wide distributions, with open-end funds paying yields of 4.5-5% and closed-end funds that use leverage paying 6-7%.
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Add as much as 7-to-1 of leverage and multiply C-BASS 2006 style RMBS by the thousands and you can see why subprime paper is a diamond in the rough.
The less than spectacular performance of many funds might encourage managers to take extra risks--assuming more leverage, for example--but "now is not the time to start swinging for the fences, " Gradante said.
Now it may be that President Putin thinks he can get long-term leverage as America discusses its anti-missile shield.
In mature markets, with the turbo-boost of leverage gone and bank balance-sheets still to be slimmed, a growth rate in line with GDP is probably as much as can be hoped for.
The problem with leverage is that it requires investment in highly liquid instruments so the holder can quickly de-leverage.
So I would urge you to think about leverage, where a dollar of fiscal spending -- and this is spending money, primarily, or targeted tax relief -- can leverage a lot of private money.
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