U.S. margin debt has surged to a record $1.1 trillion, an increase of $67 billion in September alone. Despite markets at ...

Margin Call is a movie that chronicles the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis, where an investment bank faces collapse after taking on debts too large to handle – and has to make some tough ...

A margin call occurs when the value of securities in a brokerage account falls below a certain level, known as the maintenance margin, requiring the account holder to deposit additional cash or ...

This is Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. President-elect Barack Obama will host a high-powered group of economic advisers today, to discuss the turmoil he'll be inheriting. He'll be ...

I read with interest (a pun) the article entitled "A closer look at carry trades." But there were words hinted at but not printed: margin call and leverage. If there was a one-to-one leverage ratio of ...