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Leverage: A Double-Edged Sword

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jul 13th, 2009 • Category: Educational

Leverage: A Double-Edged Sword
by Tom Power
One of the reasons so many people are attracted to trading commodity futures and options over other financial instruments such as stocks is that you can get much higher leverage. While many investors have heard of the word leverage, few have a clue about what leverage really is, how [...]