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>Go to your bank and ask to borrow $400K "because you think google's shares will go up". They will say no.

You could buy call options, which include a leverage component.

An at-the-money 1 year call option (LEAPs) is a huge leveraged bet that the price will spike. If you are wrong, buy another at-the-money option in a year. But you must be prepared to lose 100% if you are wrong. (Like like you would have lost 100% if you were leveraged to the max on housing in 2008.)



This is why I put "only mainstream". Every time I put that someone like you who thinks options are a way to show financial intelligence comes along.




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