For example, Rachel might invest in a luxury goods company with rising margins. (bitcoinist.com)
Think of AIG: they were rendered insolvent by rising margin requirements as their creditworthiness was downgraded, largely because the rating agencies concluded they were going to lose a lot of money off of their many bets on subprime residential credit. (alephblog.com)
While rising margin debt levels provide the additional liquidity to drive stock prices higher on the way up, it also cuts deeply as prices fall.» (davidstockmanscontracorner.com)