Business Insider -
31 May 2015 16:29

Here's some encouraging news for stock-market bears ... Margin debt (red in the chart above) hit a new high in April. Even after adjusting for inflation, margin debt is now higher than it was at the peak of the great bull market in 2000 and the echo bull market in 2007. What is "margin debt"? It's the amount of money stock investors have collectively borrowed via traditional margin accounts to fund stock purchases. In a bull market, the growth of margin debt serves as a turbocharger that helps d...
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