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Thursday's Schedule

Time (All Times Eastern)	Show Description
5:00 a.m. - 6:59 a.m. 5:00 a.m. - 6:59 a.m.	Fox Business Morning Jenna Lee and Connell McShane The trades, the numbers, the results! We go inside the global markets for the latest! Get up to the minute coverage and analysis from the best team in the business!
7:00 a.m. - 8:59 a.m. 7:00 a.m. - 8:59 a.m.	Money for Breakfast Alexis Glick Is it sizzle or fizzle? As cities battle budget woes, will cutbacks hurt Independence Day festivities? Or can they still get a bang for their buck? Alexis breaks it down
9:00 a.m. - 9:59 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 9:59 a.m.	The Opening Bell on Fox Business Alexis Glick Before the market opens...before the trading begins, Alexis Glick has the day's top business stories!
10:00 a.m. - 11:59 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 11:59 a.m.	Fox Business Brian Sullivan and Dagen McDowell We're tracking the markets every move!
12:00 p.m. - 12:59 p.m. 12:00 p.m. - 12:59 p.m.	Fox Business Tom Sullivan and Cheryl Casone Breaking down the biggest business stories of the day!
1:00 p.m. - 1:59 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:59 p.m.	Fox Business Stuart Varney We're tracking the market's every move!
2:00 p.m. - 2:59 p.m. 2:00 p.m. - 2:59 p.m.	Fox Business Liz Claman and David Asman Tracking the market's every move!
3:00 p.m. - 3:59 p.m. 3:00 p.m. - 3:59 p.m.	Countdown to the Closing Bell Liz Claman We're counting down to the close of the markets!
4:00 p.m. - 4:59 p.m. 4:00 p.m. - 4:59 p.m.	Fox Business Bulls & Bears Liz Claman and David Asman When the closing bell sounds, the real business begins! Who’s up? Who’s down? Where do you stand? A complete economic overview and full financial wrap up!
5:00 p.m. - 5:59 p.m. 5:00 p.m. - 5:59 p.m.	Fox Business Happy Hour Cody Willard, Rebecca Diamond, Eric Bolling She’s fired -- up and not Fonda fireworks! Jane’s daughter Vanessa Vadim says these huge displays are dangerous and damage the environment-So how should we celebrate the Fourth? We’ll ask her!
6:00 p.m. - 6:59 p.m. 6:00 p.m. - 6:59 p.m.	Cavuto Neil Cavuto Jobs for vets! As some soldiers struggle to find employment, which companies are stepping up to help and how are they giving them a new start? Neil gets answers
7:00 p.m. - 7:59 p.m. 10:00 p.m. - 10:59 p.m.	America's Nightly Scoreboard David Asman The Best of the Playmakers! These industry movers and shakers bring their A game to business, entertainment, fashion and politics.Now David and Woody Johnson score the best in the business!
8:00 p.m. - 8:59 p.m. 12:00 a.m. - 12:59 a.m.	The Dave Ramsey Show Dave Ramsey Where cash is king!

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When a business borrows money so it can reinvest it in hopes of getting a higher return, it's called leverage. Using loaned money, the company can make larger investments, and, therefore, receive larger returns. At least, that's the theory. However, along with leverage comes risk, because it not only magnifies the potential profit, but the potential loss as well.

Here¿s how it could work. Say a company has $10 million in the bank. It can leverage itself by borrowing another $20 million. Now that company has $30 million to play with, and, if it plays its cards right, the return on its investment will outpace the interest it has to pay on its debt.

Therein, lurks the risk. If the company's investments don't bring in enough money to pay the debt and principal and then some, it's stuck with debt that far exceeds its assets. Not good. A company's leverage can be measured by its debt to equity ratio. The more debt a company has compared to its equity, the more leveraged (and vulnerable to bankruptcy) it's considered.

Companies aren't the only ones affected by leverage. When you buy stocks on margin, borrowing extra money from your broker to invest in more stocks than you could have on your own, you¿re using leverage. Again, the larger investment might mean more profits when you sell, but there's also a risk that you'll lose money and you'll lose a lot more than if you had used your own funds to invest.