leveraged
adjective
lev·er·aged
ˈle-və-rijd 
ˈlē-;
ˈlev-rijd,
ˈlēv-
1
: having a high proportion of debt relative to equity
2
of the purchase of a company
: made with borrowed money that is secured by the assets of the company bought
a leveraged buyout
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Market & Liquidity Dynamics: Measures like VIX term structure, market liquidity stress indicators, and leveraged positioning reveal short-term shifts in market structure that can inform tactical adjustments.
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Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
And the longer a leveraged or inverse ETF is held, the bigger the divide between the underlying stock and the ETF performance.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025
Blackstone and Apollo both began as leveraged buyout firms, but later focused more in areas like real estate, private credit and insurance.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Musk has slashed the ranks of federal employees, shut down agencies whose authority challenges his own, and leveraged artificial intelligence to decide where to cut, promising a government executed by chatbots such as Grok, from Musk’s own A.I. company.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
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Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
And the longer a leveraged or inverse ETF is held, the bigger the divide between the underlying stock and the ETF performance.
—Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2025
Blackstone and Apollo both began as leveraged buyout firms, but later focused more in areas like real estate, private credit and insurance.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Musk has slashed the ranks of federal employees, shut down agencies whose authority challenges his own, and leveraged artificial intelligence to decide where to cut, promising a government executed by chatbots such as Grok, from Musk’s own A.I. company.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Leveraged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leveraged. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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