MARGIN DEBT TOPS $300 BILLION, Last time was MARCH 2000!!!!!

bgp · May 9, 2007

thanks for the info s2007s.

bgp

Landis82 · May 9, 2007

Quote from S2007S:

The NASD, a brokerage regulator, recently sent out an "alert" to investors outlining the risks associated with margin. Through the end of March, the latest data available, the amount of debt taken on by investors to buy stocks totaled $317.7 billion. And while that was a bit below the $321.2 billion record hit in February, it still surpasses the $300 billion in March 2000 at the top of the tech-stock bubble.

And who did you "cut and paste" and PLAGIARIZE this from?

Landis82 · May 9, 2007

Quote from just21:

Margin requirements were loosened in April when portfolio margining was introduced.

Careful with the word "loosened".

Portfolio Margining is a much more REALISTIC way of applying margin rules to option strategies.

just21 · May 9, 2007

Quote from Landis82:

Careful with the word "loosened".

Portfolio Margining is a much more REALISTIC way of applying margin rules to option strategies.

You only have to put up 15% margin instead of 50% on stock positions.