Margin Debt Concerns? Here’s What Investors Need To Know

In other words, everyone gets all excited and goes on margin all at once. We didn’t see that this time.

margin debt 12 month rolling average chart 1995-2015

What’s it all mean?  Well, this rollover is extremely concerning to me. Should it continue, I don’t see how it can be a positive for equity prices. The one chart I’m watching for clues is the 12-month moving average of margin debt. As you can see, violations of this longer-term trendline have marked some major peaks for equities. This hasn’t given way yet.

stock market margin debt vs moving average 1979-2015

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