http://www.leveragepros.com Financial Leverage Blog Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:22:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When the market goes up, we often wish we could get returns on a higher amount of investment than we have at our disposal. In fact, we can. Getting returns (or losses, of course) on more money than your apparent stake is called leverage. I know of at least three ways ... http://www.leveragepros.com/three-types-of-leverage-for-this-volatile-market/ 1. The use of various financial instruments or borrowed capital, such as margin, to increase the potential return of an investment. 2. The amount of debt used to finance a firm's assets. A firm with significantly more debt than equity is considered to be highly leveraged. Leverage is most commonly ... http://www.leveragepros.com/what-does-leverage-mean/