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On the liability side, this ballooning balance sheet was financed using risky leverage, often at short maturities.
In the BusinessWeek interview, talking about the "Volcker Rule" to limit the scope and activities of big banks, or about risky leverage or executive compensation, he was conversant and comfortable.
Risky Leverage.
And they don't take on the risky leverage that mortgage REITs do.
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While banks imperil the world economy with risky leveraging, Greggs is debt-free.
And we reduced the regulations so that we allowed them to undertake riskier and riskier and riskier activities more leverage, credit default swaps, over-the-counter derivatives, non-transparent activities.
But portfolios become riskier with leverage.
One-time or short-term windfalls such as those reaped by the sale of a property or the use of risky, high-leverage bets can prop up earnings and dividend payouts for a while.
"In September 2008, AIG faced the consequences of risky, highly leveraged investments gone bad," the government pointed out.
With my analysis, leveraged ETFs are risky, like any leverage, but not for the reasons usually given.
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