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Strategies & Market Trends : Margin Calls - Share The Pain
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To: doniam who wrote (69)12/1/2000 10:26:22 PM
From: Shakush  Read Replies (2) of 158
 
Margin Debt Levels

In September 2000, margin debt recovered to a five-month high at $251 billion. The March 2000 high reached nearly $280 billion after running up 52.3% (about $95 billion) in the preceding 5 months, the biggest 5 month gain ever.

Margin debt dropped 6.9% in October to $233.4 billion, the second biggest drop ever. That level was 28% above a year ago and 16% below the March 2000 peak.

Margin debt climbed above $50 billion for the first time in 1994, $100 billion in 1997 and $150 billion in 1998.

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan speaking on July 12th: "To the extent that policy makers in industrial or emerging economies are unable to anticipate or evaluate the types of complex risks that the newer financial technologies are producing, the answer, as it always has been, is less leverage -- that is, less debt, more equity, and hence a larger buffer against adversity and contagion."

Data from articles on the excellent Grant's Investor site.
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