HENEGHAN: STOCK MARKET CRASH IS IMMINENT!
Tom Heneghan International Intelligence Expert
Stock Market Bubbles And Record Margin Debt: A (Repeating) History Of Ignoring All Warnings
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/09/2013 09:42 -0400
- "A rising stock market encouraged more investors to go into debt to buy stocks, sending margin debt levels past their all-time high".
- "The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) has asked members to review their lending requirements in a sign of increasing concern that rising levels of margin debt could exacerbate a stock market plunch."
- "The Fed is concerned about a sharp rise in margin debt but has been unwilling to attack stock market speculation as high levels of leverage do not necessarily translate into high risk. The last time the Fed adjusted the margin rules was in 1974, when when it reduced the down payment required for stocks to 50 percent of the purchase price, from 65 percent." [.] "The Fed should return to its pre- 1974 policy of actively changing margin requirements in response to stock market speculation".
- "High margin debts show the effect of over-leveraging and mispricing of risk".
- "The movements in stocks cause brokerages to stop allowing customers to buy some of the volatile stocks on margin or require clients to put up more cash."
- "Either the market rises dramatically to make those loans good or in any down move there is tremendous selling pressure".
- "Until recently, most investors ignored red flags raised by regulators".
"AMERICAN investors have taken out more margin loans than ever before. That indicates that speculative investing has grown among retail investors, reaching levels that in the past indicated the market was getting to unsustainable levels and might be in for a fall. [...]It was the first time the total had surpassed the 2007 peak of $381 billion, a peak that was followed by the Great Recession and credit crisis. [...][T]he last time the Fed adjusted the margin rules was in 1974, when it reduced the down payment required for stocks to 50 percent of the purchase price, from 65 percent. ...]Nonetheless,margin loans have remained popular among many individual investors, who tend to raise their borrowings during times of market optimism and to reduce them when markets are falling. Thus the margin debt levels now may provide an indication of popular enthusiasm for investments."
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