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  2. Leverage (finance) - Wikipedia

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    In finance, leverage, also known as gearing, is any technique involving borrowing funds to buy an investment. Financial leverage is named after a lever in physics, which amplifies a small input force into a greater output force, because successful leverage amplifies the smaller amounts of money needed for borrowing into large amounts of profit.

  3. Leveraged buyout - Wikipedia

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    At $31.1 billion of transaction value, RJR Nabisco was the largest leveraged buyout in history until the 2007 buyout of TXU Energy by KKR and Texas Pacific Group. [19] In 2006 and 2007, a number of leveraged buyout transactions were completed that for the first time surpassed the RJR Nabisco leveraged buyout in terms of nominal purchase price.

  4. Exchange-traded fund - Wikipedia

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    Leveraged ETFs (LETFs) and Inverse ETFs, use investments in derivatives to seek a daily return that corresponds to a multiple of, or the inverse (opposite) of, the daily performance of an index. [77] For example, Direxion offers leveraged ETFs and inverse exchange-traded funds that attempt to produce 3x the daily result of either investing in ...

  5. LBO valuation model - Wikipedia

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    The LBO (or leveraged buyout) valuation model estimates the current value of a business to a "financial buyer", based on the business's forecast financial performance. An already-completed five-year financial forecast and two assumptions are all that are necessary to create a first draft of a comprehensive LBO valuation of the business.

  6. Investors are pouring into leveraged ETFs to double up on ...

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    These leveraged single-stock offerings now represent $13.4 billion in assets, according to Bloomberg Intelligence data, compared with $3.3 billion last year. These products are also easy to purchase.

  7. Dividend recapitalization - Wikipedia

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    A dividend recapitalization (often referred to as a dividend recap) in finance is a type of leveraged recapitalization in which a payment is made to shareholders. As opposed to a typical dividend which is paid regularly from the company's earnings, a dividend recapitalization occurs when a company raises debt —e.g. by issuing bonds to fund ...

  8. Robinhood is bringing its risky leveraged trading product ...

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    Sinclair explained the company was offering two-to-one leverage in the U.K., but “only for the right customers.” Traders need a minimum of $2,000 to open an account, and can only loan 50% of ...

  9. Collateralized loan obligation - Wikipedia

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    Normally a leveraged loan would have an interest rate set to float above the three-month SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate), [1] but potentially only a certain lender would feel comfortable with the risk of loss associated with a single, financially leveraged borrower. By pooling multiple loans and dividing them into tranches, in effect ...