Sentences with phrase «of margin debt»

It's 45 % greater than the amount of margin debt outstanding at the peak of the 2007 bubble.

The record level of margin debt is an indication to me that we are closer to the end of this run in the equities market than the beginning.

Using a lot of margin debt to finance equity leads to a rocket up, and a rocket down.

Clearly, the dollar value of margin debt has experienced a secular increase over time, so the levels aren't as important as the cyclical variations.

This record level of margin debt is indeed a warning sign.

But when there is a lot of margin debt, that's a problem.

I know we are at all time highs of margin debt which in the past has signaled market tops.

There are a number of series that can be used to normalize the long - term uptrend and to put the amount of margin debt in context.

At $ 551 billion, it's double the amount of margin debt outstanding at the peak of the tech bubble in 2000.

Many point to higher levels of margin debt as indicating a potential market downturn, but competi...

For that matter, you will not find data aggregating the auction house's share performance with the expansion or the reversion of margin debt.

However, buying the Loonie ETF on US dollar margin - without foregoing any stock purchases - creates a hedge with a cost only equal to the interest cost of the margin debt.

The reason is that margin debt surges near market peaks and collapses at market troughs, so to divide by the level of prices at those points would actually destroy much of the information content of margin debt (though you still typically observe debt rising much faster than prices as the market peaks).

A surfeit of margin debt can turn a low severity crisis into a high severity crisis, both individually and corporately, the same way too much debt applied to housing created the crisis in the housing markets.

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.

«The perils of margin debt should not be readily dismissed.

This difference in relative size was given as a prime example about how margin debt is not a problem for the U.S.. However, the relative size of margin debt in the past has not been a «safety net» that investors should rely on.

Generally speaking, crashes usually occur under the following conditions: [1] a prolonged period of rising stock prices and excessive economic optimism, a market where P / E ratios exceed long - term averages, and extensive use of margin debt and leverage by market participants.

I see a Chinese Stock market bubble... Tremendous amount of Margin debt... I see too much confidence and bullishness... all of this combining to an aged bull market.

Last month, Feb we had a record high of margin debt....

Ignore the Margin Debt Alarm The margin debt alarm has seemingly been sounded every few months when investors realize absolute levels of margin debt has reached new all - time highs (inferring that risk taking has too reached all - time high levels and stocks are at risk).

The NYSE tracks the total amount of margin debt — which is debt taken on in a margin account — on the exchange.