margin debt meaning
[Finance]
1. The dollar value of securities purchased on margin within an account. Margin debt carries an interest rate, and the amount of margin debt will change daily as the value of the underlying securities changes.
1. The dollar value of securities purchased on margin within an account. Margin debt carries an interest rate, and the amount of margin debt will change daily as the value of the underlying securities changes.
Examples
More: Next- Engel points out that margin debt also was high in 1987.
- Not all investors said the rise in margin debt is worrisome.
- Kenyon declined to say how much margin debt was owed.
- And right now the Fed is undergoing a study of margin debt.
- Small wonder that margin debt shot up dramatically last year.
