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I'm new to this site, this is probably a stupid question, but i keep reading about leverage, what is leverage?

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Welcome @Matthew Holman! Leverage in general is to 'make use of'/'Take advantage of' and in the context of investing, a phrase you might hear is  "leverage OPM" - means you're leveraging Other People's Money (OPM). i.e: You're taking advantage of funds that are not your own, to work for you.

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