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- 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”