The commodity markets themselves offer traders massive leverage in their speculation but too many traders fail to recognize the simple fact that they don't have to use the leverage. (higherprobabilitycommoditytradingbook.com)
In retrospect, the Zhenfu story is a familiar tale of reckless financial gambling by individuals who used massive leverage (in this case, 140 to 1) and received help from key players in the shadow banking and formal banking sectors — Chinese banks and trust companies. (businessinsider.com)
And even if it did turn out to be Trump's funds in the end, this would still give Pecker and AMI massive leverage over him — they'd know all about his sex scandal hush money, so he'd be very motivated to keep them happy. (vox.com)