This is certainly no assurance of the market outcome in the present instance, but in the context of an overvalued, overbought, overbullish market with margin
debt near record highs, it's also not a feature of the present environment that we're inclined to overlook.
Not exact matches
In the third quarter, the ratio of household
debt to disposable income rose to another
record high of 165 %,
nearing the peak of U.S. borrowing prior to the financial crisis.
Indeed, as you can see below, median corporate leverage among the largest U.S. companies is
nearing a
record high as measured by
debt - to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization).
President Trump is beginning his presidency facing a challenging fiscal situation, with
near record -
high debt and deficits expected to rise substantially.
The possibility of an increase in the prime rate offered by lenders comes as household
debt levels sit
near record highs.
The bank says Canada's household
debt - to - income ratio is
near a
record high and cautions stiff competition among lenders could be encouraging riskier borrowing.
As of end - September 2017, margin
debt on the NYSE was a
record $ 559.6 billion, which is to be expected as U.S. equity indices were also
near all - time
highs, and stock market peaks and
record levels of margin
debt often coincide.
Default rates are
near record highs, and many of the almost 7 million people in default on student
debt today could have avoided that fate had they enrolled in IBR or PAYE.
The bank's report cautioned that Canada's household
debt - to - income ratio is
near a
record high, conditions that may have been partly fuelled by stiff competition among lenders.