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Well, the âadvantageâ of increased financial leverage is a potentially higher return on equity. The disadvantage, on the other hand, is that the business is now riskier as it is financed with more debt (when revenue falls for unexpected reasons, there's now a whole lot of interest that still has to be paid).
The use of fixed costs in order to increase the rate of return from an investment. One example of leverage is buying securities on margin. While leverage can operate to increase rates of return, it also increases the amount of risk inherent in an investment. See also financial leverage, operating leverage.