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Gearing or Leverage

Posted by Editor on Friday, January 8, 2010, In : Dictionary 

This term refers to the fact that spread betting allows the client to buy (or sell) a financial product with substantially less money than the actual full market value of that financial product. So gearing is the correlation between potential profit or loss against initial deposit. A highly geared or leveraged bet involves substantial risk to your money (but also gives the possibility of high returns).


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Leverage

Posted by Editor on Thursday, November 19, 2009, In : Dictionary 

Leverage
and gearing effectively mean the same thing: the process or effect of 'gearing up' or magnifying exposure to an investment strategy, manager or asset. Leverage can be achieved by borrowing capital or using derivatives. A leveraged investment is subject to a multiplied effect in the profit or loss resulting from a comparatively small change in price. Thus leverage offers the opportunity to achieve enhanced returns, but at the same time can result in a loss that is proportionally great...
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