Margin Debt Hit All-Time High in February

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by ajacobson, Mar 29, 2017.

  1. ajacobson

    ajacobson

  2. sle

    sle

    Actually, using absolute dollars in this context is very misleading. If you adjusted the outstanding margin by the total market capitalization, the number does not look nearly as scary. I can paste a table with these numbers by year, if someone wants. The highest margin debt as a percent of market cap was in February 2008.
     
    Last edited: Mar 30, 2017
  3. Lee-

    Lee-

    But then it's not as good (scary) of a headline. ;)
     
  4. J.P.

    J.P.

    Yes, please do. TIA.