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The Market Oracle
January 29, 2018
Margin debt also characterizes bubbles. Our margin debt-to-GDP ratio is now at 3%, an all-time high -- even surpassing the Tech Bubble highs. John Hussman did the chart below which modifies the traditional Shiller CAPE P/E (cyclically-adjusted price/earnings ratio) to account for use of margin debt in theÃÂ ...
FXStreet
January 29, 2018
In addition to this, we have cash levels at all-time lows and margin debt at all-time highs. Mutual funds and ETFs that focus on stocks just recently raked in $58 billion in new money, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. And at 150%, the total market capitalization of equities has never been higher inÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
January 26, 2018
Technicals: We're in the buyback blackout period, the trend is still up, and margin debt has expanded by 16.2% over the past year. Sentiment: The VIX futures curve is in contango (although the VSTOXX curve is now backwardated), and CBOE's total put/call ratio is quite low. Rates: The TED spread (whichÃÂ ...
Interactive Investor
January 26, 2018
Charts since 1995 show the two as well-matched; it was mainly in late 2006 to mid-2007 that the rate of increase in margin debt greatly exceeded the rise in stock values, soaring from about $300 (ã210) billion to $400 billion. Borrowing to buy US stocks is at a record high near $600 billion, though its rate ofà...
CNBC
January 25, 2018
In 2010 about $236 million in margin debt was reported to the NYSE. Whether an individual should borrow from one asset to invest in another seems to depend on their individual financial situation, age and goals, says Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy. Because there aren't manyÃÂ ...
FXStreet
January 23, 2018
Margin debt balances are at record levels. And despite recent strength in employment and GDP numbers, the U.S. government is headed for trillion-dollar deficits. A rise in borrowing costs threatens to unwind leverage in the equity markets and hit Uncle Sam with huge increases in debt servicing costs.
Motley Fool
January 22, 2018
Like the stock market, margin debt has risen sharply in recent months. According to FINRA's latest margin statistics, borrowing by investors in November 2017 stood at an all-time high of $627.4 billion. This is almost a $100 billion increase over margin borrowing at the end of 2016 -- and more than doubleÃÂ ...
Yonhap News
January 20, 2018
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Investors have borrowed a record amount of loans to buy local stocks as the country's stock market has maintained its upward trajectory, market data showed Saturday. The amount of money borrowed to buy stocks, the so-called margin debt, reached 10.77 trillion won (US$10ÃÂ ...
Yonhap News
January 19, 2018
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Investors have borrowed a record amount of loans to buy local stocks as the country's stock market has maintained its upward trajectory, market data showed Saturday. The amount of money borrowed to buy stocks, the so-called margin debt, reached 10.77 trillion won (US$10ÃÂ ...
Helena Independent Record
January 14, 2018
Financial markets are getting interesting again. For the past several years the economy has been kind of a snoozer, growing at a somewhat steady, but subpar 2.0%. At the same time stocks have been on a remarkable run. Passive investing and indexing has become a dominate investment strategy whichÃÂ ...
CNBC
January 11, 2018
Treasury yields are on the rise, as the 10-year note yield on Thursday jumped to its highest level since March and the 2- and 5-year Treasury yields hit their highest levels since 2008 and 2011, respectively. This action has sparked talk of the multidecade bull run in bonds coming to an end, with what couldÃÂ ...
Investorplace.com
January 11, 2018
Margin debt is a measurement of the amount of money traders on Wall Street have borrowed to buy stocks. According to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), traders have been steadily increasing their margin debt levels throughout 2017. As you can see in Fig. 1, traders started the year with $513 billionÃÂ ...
The Epoch Times
January 11, 2018
This is why using margin is so powerful in a rising market and why margin debt in the accounts of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has kept pace with the records in the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average, reaching an all-time high of $581 billion in November 2017. In a falling market, theÃÂ ...
Barron's
January 11, 2018
Alan Newman, publisher of the Cross-Currents newsletter, reports that margin debt set yet another record of $627.52 billion, signifying the use of tremendous leverage. It also set another record high of 3.2% of gross domestic product, far eclipsing its levels at the 2000 and 2007 market peaks. In other wordsÃÂ ...
ValueWalk
January 5, 2018
The roundup, which was published earlier this week, aggregates trends from the global investment banking industry from the throughout the year such as margin debt and trading data. Generally speaking, Q4 2017 was a benign period for investment banks. A lack of M&A activity and volatility weighed onÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
January 3, 2018
Importantly, don't mistake record margin debt levels as people borrowing against their portfolio just to make larger investment bets. In reality ... This is shown in both the level of debt used to support the standard of living and the relationship between real, inflation-adjusted, margin debt and economic growth.
Seeking Alpha
December 28, 2017
Margin debt is the embodiment of stock market risk. As reported by the New York Stock Exchange today, it jumped 3.5%, or $19.5 billion, in November from October, to a new record of $580.9 billion. After having jumped from one record to the next, it is now up 16% from a year ago. Even on anÃÂ ...
The FINANCIAL
December 25, 2017
The global financial crisis was more severe for advanced economies than for developing countries and the bounce-back has been more vigorous for the latter. e Great Depression was preceded by a margin-debt-fuelled bubble in the US, with private debt blowing out during the crisis and then collapsing.
Seeking Alpha
December 25, 2017
Advisor Perspectives provided some interesting charts in their November report, showing the growth in margin debt over the last few decades and the total dollar amount outstanding currently. Not only does this support how much risk is present in today's market, but if credit growth were to stall, or unwind,ÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
December 20, 2017
Special antennae that help traders catch upcoming opportunities. Available from the same outfit that sells the soup-cooling spoon (Acme Inc). There is just one more positioning indicator we want to mention: after surging by around $126 billion since March of 2016, NYSE margin debt has reached a new allÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
December 15, 2017
The following is a summary of our recent interview with Louise Yamada on No Sign of a Market Top, which can be accessed on our site here or on iTunes here. There's no denying that 2017 has been a good year for investors, with most major asset classes showing gains for the year. This time on FinancialÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
Margin debt is the embodiment of stock market risk. As reported by the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, it jumped 3.5%, or $19.5 billion, in November from October, to a new record of $580.9 billion. After having jumped from one record to the next, it is now up 16% from a year ago. Even on an inflation-adjustedÃÂ ...
CNBC
November 23, 2017
Signs of potential trouble include U.S. equities valuations being stretched while margin debt — money borrowed by U.S. investors to fund share ...
Seeking Alpha
November 23, 2017
In the chart below, the 2% “danger signal” was something we concocted many years ago, after seeing total margin debt peak around 2% of ...
Seeking Alpha
November 21, 2017
I'm planning on instituting a more conservative approach to long-term margin use, and will be paying down margin debt steadily until the next ...
CNBC
November 21, 2017
"The growth in margin debt has not reached exorbitant levels yet, as was the case just before the 2000s and 2007s market crashes," he said.
Elliott Wave International
November 21, 2017
U.S. investors are borrowing to buy stocks like NEVER BEFORE. The most recent NYSE data shows that margin debt reached a RECORDÂ ...
Business Insider
November 11, 2017
Not only was margin debt high, but everyone was talking about investing in stocks - especially tech stocks. I knew the bubble was over when ...
Investing.com
November 5, 2017
NYSE Margin Debt is an important indicator for US equities as it both reflects sentiment and tracks the amount of leverage and buying power (or ...
ValueWalk
November 5, 2017
NYSE Margin Debt is an important indicator for US equities as it both reflects sentiment and tracks the amount of leverage and buying power (or ...
Seeking Alpha
November 2, 2017
... including but not limited to free cash flow, EBIT margin, debt to EBITDA, and economic profit. Management believes that providing insights on ...
Seeking Alpha
October 24, 2017
Since then, however, we have put in place trading curbs, all manner of regulations, such as limits on margin debt, and given the world's central ...
Seeking Alpha
October 23, 2017
Last week I outlined my concerns over my excess margin debt, and my plan to accelerate my deleveraging via my 3D plan (de-lever, diversify, ...
See It Market (blog)
October 17, 2017
The NYSE reported that in August, margin debt outstanding stood at just over $550 billion. This is 3x as high as it was in 2009, just after the ...
Seeking Alpha
October 17, 2017
Wall Street investors have pushed their margin debt levels much higher than in the previous two stock market bubbles. One of the reasons that ...
InvestmentNews
October 10, 2017
Prior to those purchases, the clients had no margin debt, and as a result the two retirees "experienced a significant increase in their margin debt ...
Seeking Alpha
October 8, 2017
At the same time, corporate debt and portfolio cash balances, as well as margin debt, give us ample cause for concern. As equity indices ...
Moneyshow.com
October 6, 2017
As you can see from the first chart, current margin debt (the red line) is about 20% higher than the prior peak in 2007, even adjusted for inflation ...
TheStreet.com
October 6, 2017
NYSE total margin debt @ $551B seems to be worrisome, but is only 2.46% of SPX market cap. US non-financials hold $15T in total debt.
Seeking Alpha
December 31, 1999
Although it is quite volatile and tells you nothing about margin debt or short interest ratio, the Fear and Greed Index shows the current market ...
Business Insider
March 21, 2017
High levels of margin debt lead to increased volatility as more people are forced to sell due to margin calls. In January, margin debt hit another record high. The two previous tops were one month and three months prior to the respective 2000 and 2008 ...
AllBusiness.com
March 18, 2017
The lender will analyze your cash flow, gross margin, debt-to-equity ratio, accounts payable, accounts receivable, EBITDA, and more, so be prepared to answer questions on those topics.
Seeking Alpha
March 18, 2017
I also like to look at margin debt, or total borrowing in brokerage accounts, as way of assessing speculative fervor. Nominal margin debt recently hit a new record high but I prefer to normalize this measure by comparing it to the size of the economy.
Seeking Alpha
March 17, 2017
We pointed to the continued rise in margin debt to new all-time highs, the continued fall in equity short positions to all-time lows and the enormous influx of retail money into equities at a year-to-date rate 6x last years all as a sign of a market ...
ValueWalk
March 17, 2017
After climbing for several months, margin debt as a percentage of market capitalization dropped back, but it has since spiked again to a level typical of the past couple of years.
MarketWatch
March 16, 2017
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MarketWatch
March 16, 2017
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MarketWatch
March 16, 2017
Record levels of margin debt do correspond with lower odds for future market returns, as well as smaller gains by the S&P 500 SPX, -0.13% but the impact isn't strong enough to change market direction, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
Seeking Alpha
March 15, 2017
Technicals: We're about to enter the buyback blackout period, S&P price momentum is positive, and NYSE margin debt has grown by 14.7% over the past twelve months.
Business Insider
March 13, 2017
They include the Shiller price-to-earnings ratio, which has been this high only during the dot-com bubble of 2000 and the 1929 market crash.
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