financial leverage
noun[U]
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therelationshipbetween theamountofmoneythat acompanyororganizationowesand thevalueof thecompanyororganization:
Competitivebusinessesrequiremoreequityand lessfinancialleveragethanmonopolybusinesses.
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Financialleverageis also a key component towards becoming rich.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Finally, increasingfinancialleveragemeans that the firm uses more debt financing relative to equity financing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Financialleveragetries to estimate the percentage change in net income for a one-percent change in operating income.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The risk may be magnified by high debt levels (financialleverage) among households and businesses, as has incurred in recent years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shadow banks' collateralised funding is also considered a risk because it can lead to high levels offinancialleverage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bankers could use theirfinancialleverageto have their advice implemented.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company began sounding alarms.. in the spring of 2007 about the dangers of excessivefinancialleverage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Given the highfinancialleverageand the group's having initially paid above-market prices, many of their loans were underwater.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Borrowing at a lower interest rate and investing the proceeds at a higher interest rate is a form offinancialleverage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus they can have a very high level offinancialleverage, with a high ratio of debt relative to the liquid assets available to pay immediate claims.
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