For example, a trader holding $10,000 in their margin account could buy $20,000 worth of stock, effectively doubling their purchasing power. A 10% rise in the value of that $20,000 of stock would ...

Gross margin is the percentage of money a company keeps from its sales after covering the direct costs of producing its goods or services. It shows how efficiently a business turns revenue into ...

Using Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) as an example below, gross margin increased steadily in the 5 years leading up to 2021. (Note: Its fiscal year ends toward the end of September, different than the ...