We are already quite over-leveraged and if you look at the levels of debt, we haven't actually solved that problem at all.
But these deposits fund businesses which are inherently quite risky, highly leveraged and cyclically subject to losses greater than anyone ever imagines possible just as we are now experiencing.
Not since the days of "Wall Street" and "Barbarians at the Gate" have the masters of leveraged buyouts looked quite so bad.
The company is heavily leveraged and loses quite a bit of money.
A company with little or no debt can ride out most other problems for quite a long time, while a leveraged company facing similar issues may be quickly forced into Chapter 11.
Hicks, Muse and Bear ,Stearns are trying to raise money at a time when investors in leveraged loans and junk bonds are quite selective, because of concerns about rising corporate defaults, bankers said.
After 1999, he leveraged his wealth to buy his way, quite literally, to the governorship.
I estimate the average long-term return from triple leveraged ETFs is about 20%, so not quite enough to meet your goal.
American mortgage institutions encourage people to take a leveraged position in the real estate market, which is quite risky because home prices can and do decline, as we have learned so painfully.
"LG has built up quite a bit of recognition in the mobile phone space and leveraged that into other categories," says NPD consumer electronics analyst Ross Rubin.
