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Analyzing the Risk of High Leverage
An investment firm uses a small amount of its own capital and a large amount of borrowed funds to purchase a portfolio of assets. Explain how this strategy creates the potential for both exceptionally high profits and catastrophic losses for the firm's owners, even with small fluctuations in the asset portfolio's value.
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