A small investment of no more than a few hundred dollars can give tremendous leverage to a malicious actor.
But because of its tax-advantaged nature, and the tremendous leverage a policy generates, whole life insurance is certainly worth considering.
Few would want a fund to take on the tremendous leverage (and volatility) required for a triple-digit pay-off like Mr Paulson's, says Marc Lasry of Avenue Capital, a $12.5 billion hedge fund.The crisis is not over, of course: there may yet be a big winner.
Although not one of Asean's 10 members, China counts Cambodia as a key ally and holds tremendous leverage in the region through its economic might, diplomatic clout and an increasingly muscular military.
Conversely, a corrected annotation in one organism can provide tremendous leverage in re-annotation of orthologs from a diverse phylogeny of organisms.
And, unlike traditional philanthropy, which often spends only cents in the dollar toward a desired outcome, incentive competitions create tremendous leverage, with the prize purse attracting operating capital, and teams spending multiples of the prize purse.
Before a drug has been approved, the F.D.A. has tremendous leverage over pharmaceutical companies, and can require them to do the studies that it deems necessary.
The prosecutors have tremendous leverage, and the government gets to keep a trump card in reserve.
And businesses like debt because it offers them tremendous leverage, making it possible to put down a little money and potentially reap a huge gain.
The owners have tremendous leverage in these negotiations, with $4 billion a year in television contracts, which are paid out even if a lockout or strike prevents games from being played.
