Summary of Points
Notes
- Borrowing money to buy stock in the hope that it will increase in value
- You would pay the difference and the loan once you had earned enough
Subjunctive Question
Had people not taken so many loans in the hopes of buying on the margin, how would the Great Depression have suffered? Would it gave even happened?
Qoutes
"In the 1920s you could buy stocks on margin. You could put 10 percent down and borrow the rest against your stocks." - Ron Chernow
Website, Video and Audio links
Comics
Buying on Margin for Dummies
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/buying-stock-on-margin.html