The highly leveraged position in euro debt held by MF Global was shameful, and unfortunately it is the employees and customers of MF Global who bear the brunt of the pain.
"They have actually leveraged their position in sectors like semiconductors to make laptop PCs and other end products, " says analyst Wolff.
In addition, some are exiting due to margin calls in which they otherwise would have to ante up more money to retain a leveraged futures position.
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Roy Poses highlights the story of how Dr. Elias Zerhouni, former head of the National Institutes of Health, had leveraged his position into lucrative corporate packages.
Anapata is a kind of recruiting company, which leveraged her position as co-president of Stanford Women in Business, to charge law firms to meet job seekers from a number of student groups.
Now, with an fantastically expanded deficit, the Republicans have now leveraged themselves into a position of control over the entire budget.
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Thus it becomes absolutely necessary for the company to remain competitive and maintain both share and pricing, although Time Warner Cable is not alone in this position as other highly leveraged companies like Sprint face similar issues.
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Remember that sound money management means reducing your position size proportionately when trading leveraged exchange-traded funds.
The 0.95% expense ratio may be reduced by interest income earned on cash and financial instruments since the fund will get its desired exposure with leveraged swaps while maintaining a large cash position.
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Sure, Google has maintained their position as the dominant search platform (by playing offense), but they have also leveraged their offensive mindset to exert dominance in categories outside of search as well.
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