The Importance of Margin Debt in the Markets

This week's Big Picture Trading features a look at how much margin is being utilized in the markets. The fact that we are seeing, especially at these incredibly low interest rates, more and more investors continuously tapping margin to leverage up that upside,. That is really I would argue the fuel that could create the volatility. Now again, we don't need to be calling a bear market or some devastating crash like a repeat of March of 2020.