leverage

Investing with borrowed money, margin or derivatives so your exposure exceeds your capital, gains and losses both multiply. A '2x leveraged ETF' tracks twice the index's daily move, which erodes value over long holds in choppy markets.

Predictions & track record (2)

• Awaiting grading South Korea moves up crackdown on single-stock leverage products to July 31, but critics call it too littleCheck whether the July 31 deposit hike and the follow-on tracking-error rule due August 19 both take effect as scheduled, and whether trading volume in single-stock leverage products actually drops.
• Awaiting grading S&P 500 erases $900 billion in market cap in a single day as Nasdaq 100 drops over 2.5% on Iran war escalation and tech earningsCheck whether the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 recover this single-day loss within a week, or whether the selloff deepens as the Iran war continues.

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