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To: No Mo Mo who wrote (30736)2/17/2000 1:23:00 PM
From: Lee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
CrookedI,..Re:..Would you, by any chance, know what amount of US equities are owned via margin debt?

What Stockhawk posted on the JDSU thread I believe is correct but he didn't reference a source so I can't verify. However, if you search around the Fed sites, NY Fed or National Fed, they might have some info on it. <g>

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Margin in the US currently represents about 1.6% of total US market cap. That is on the high side for the past decade, and is close to the high reached before the 1987 crash.

Cheers,

Lee



To: No Mo Mo who wrote (30736)2/17/2000 1:36:00 PM
From: Peace  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
WSJ had an article on 2/15/00 on margin debt. Here's a paragraph from that article - " Margin debt now equals 1.57% of market value, equal to its peak in the fall of 1987 ahead of the October 1987 stock-market crash, according to Bianco Research, although different market value measures suggest the ratio was somewhat higher in the early 1980s. By comparison, that ratio approached 30% in 1929."


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