Leverage is the recurring danger in market cycles
The historical lesson emphasized was that leverage is the primary amplifier of risk and loss in financial crises, from 19th-century bank panics to modern structures.
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CONTESTED · 29 MENTIONS · 19 EPISODES · 15 SHOWS
30 JUN 2025 — 16 AUG 2026 · 2D AGO
12 SUPPORT · 1 CHALLENGE · 3 REPEAT · 13 MENTIONED
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
12 EPISODES BETWEEN · 20 MENTIONS
- BARRON'S STREETWISE
- THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
- THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST
- THE RATIONAL REMINDER PODCAST
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE
- EXCESS RETURNS
- BANKLESS
- MOTLEY FOOL MONEY
- THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 4 MENTIONS
- TOP TRADERS UNPLUGGED
- PROF G MARKETS · 4 MENTIONS
- PROF G MARKETS · 3 MENTIONS
- THE DIVIDEND CAFE
- ANIMAL SPIRITS · 3 MENTIONS
- UNCHAINED
- THOUGHTFUL MONEY
- THE COMPOUND AND FRIENDS
- MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
- Leverage is the recurring danger in market cycles · THIS IDEA
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