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Reflections on margin debt

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Margin debt matters, especially when it starts fading. Yesterday was a huge day as Fed, Russia and China all contributed to markets going a bit crazy. Let's see how things develop from here, but margin debt continues to fade. First chart shows the "classical" NYSE vs FINRA margin debt chart, but as we all know, markets are about pricing the "delta" (charts 2 and 3).

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