Comment by aeternum
4 days ago
Somewhat misleading to use a percentage in the article headline when only the absolute amount reached an all-time high.
While the absolute dollar value of margin debt is at an all time high, margin debt as a percent of total stock market value is still significantly below historic levels.
I had the same thought, with what looks like a ZIRP bump pre-2021 finally normalizing to where it tracks the stock market much more closely.