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Research: Publications on Leveraged Investing

Section titled “Research: Publications on Leveraged Investing”
  • Deep, exhaustive research on all forms of publications on the topic of leveraged investing or borrowing to invest, and alternative phrases (see below)
  • ONLY for retail (and HNW) investors, NOT professional money managers
  • IGNORE real estate investing, and options strategies
  • Scope
    • books (including self-published), white papers, academic papers (for retail investors ONLY), blogs, courses
    • published after 1975
  • produce McKinsey-quality report (comprehensive bibliography with annotations) in markdown format, citing sources
  • sort results by country: U.S., Canada, Australia (uses term gearing), …
    • then sort results by publication type
  • sort by relevance rating, quality/credibility of source, if possible
  • include key finding summary for each
  • search English-speaking countries first, then other developed world countries (Germany, France, and other capitalistic regions), translated works also if practical
  • alternative phrases for “borrowing to invest” to search
    • leveraging (in context of investing)
    • leveraged investing
    • other people’s money
    • “leveraged portfolio strategy”
    • “leveraged ETF investing”
    • “leveraged equity strategy”
    • “using leverage in investing”
    • smart debt
    • “use of debt in investing”
    • “debt‑financed investing”
    • “margin loan strategy”
    • Smith Manoeuvre
    • NAB Equity Builder
    • Lifecycle Investing
    • NTSX, HFEA
    • “securities‑based lending”
    • “securities‑backed line of credit”
    • “margin investing”
    • “investment loan strategy”
    • “amplifying returns with leverage”
    • gearing
    • geared investing
    • geared ETFs
    • “structured leverage products”
    • “interest‑deductible investment loan”
    • “using borrowed funds to invest”
    • “using debt to build wealth”
    • “using debt to buy investments”
    • “portfolio leverage”
    • “return stacking”
    • “capital efficient investing”
    • “portable alpha”
    • “risk parity” (retail context)
    • “leveraged buy and hold”
    • “time diversification with leverage”
    • “lombard loan” / “lombard lending” (European term)
    • “pledged asset line” (PAL)
    • “investment line of credit”
    • “HELOC to invest” (borrowing against home equity to invest in markets)
    • “Cashdam strategy” (Canadian, variant of Smith Manoeuvre)
    • “tax-deductible interest investing” (Canada/Australia)
    • “debt recycling” (Australian term)
    • “Hedgefundie’s Excellent Adventure” (spell out HFEA)
    • “leveraged all-weather portfolio”
    • “borrowing to invest in index funds”