Margin Debt Tag

NYSE Margin Debt Charged To New All-Time Highs In March

30 Apr, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Economy

After spending the past year somewhat ranged bound, margin debt increased by just under $11.5 billion in March to a new all-time high of $476 billion, taking out the previous high set in February 2014. The increase in margin debt over the past two months...

$20 Billion Jump In Margin Debt In February

30 Mar, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Economy

NYSE margin debt increased by $20 billion in February. The one-month change is the largest change in 8 months. Margin debt is at the second highest level of all time and it currently stands just $787 million below the all-time high set in February 2014. ...

Margin Debt Declines For The 4th Time This Year

25 Nov, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

NYSE margin debt declined by a little more than $10 billion in October. In 2012 and 2013, there were only three months that saw margin debt decline. So far in 2014, there have been four months. In 2011, there were six months with declining margin...

Margin Debt Slightly Increases In September

29 Oct, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

NYSE Margin debt rose a miniscule (relatively speaking) $800 million in September. It currently still sits just below the all-time high set back in February. The three month change of -$433 million is the smallest absolute change since the three month period ending in August...

Margin Debt Is Acting Curiously

26 Aug, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

The unique behavior margin debt held in NYSE accounts this year continued in July. After looking like it had reached a structural peak in February, margin debt surged back in June. Now the latest data point for July shows NYSE Margin Debt dropped by about...

NYSE Margin Debt Back On The Rise In June

29 Jul, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

After it was looking like margin debt topped out in February, we have now had back to back months of increases in margin debt and June’s level is within sniffing distance of the all-time high (only about $1 billion below)....

NYSE Margin Debt Declines In March – Is the High In Place?

02 May, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

Margin debt declined for the first time since May 2013 the latest data point shows. As we have shown before, NYSE margin debt has historically peaked about 1-5 months before the actual stock market high. There haven’t been too many head fakes in the past...

NYSE Margin Debt Rises (Again) To An All-Time High

28 Feb, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

Margin debt in NYSE accounts increased again in January to an all-time high. This series tends to top out before major market corrections occur. Margin debt is now at an all-time has a percentage of total market capitalization....

NYSE Margin Debt Keeps Making New Highs

02 Jan, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

NYSE released margin debt for November last week and it posted another new all-time high. However, the one-quarter moving average of margin debt as a percentage of total capitalization is still below the level it was at in April....