Sentence examples for margin accounts from inspiring English sources

The brokerage firms profited from the interest on margin accounts, while investors suffered.

Billions of dollars were drawn from the banks into Wall Street for brokers' loans to carry margin accounts.

For example, a brokerage account's value will be reduced by the amount of any margin accounts secured by the investments.

But its Web site says "margin accounts can be very risky, and they are not suitable for all investors".

Employees with options also benefited until the stock began to fall and the consequences of the margin accounts became apparent.

The day traders have taken their optimism and margin accounts and chat-board rants and disappeared down the same hole that swallowed the age of irony.

The other use is for personal needs, and that is through a margin account.

"You should be on the lookout if a brokerage firm automatically signs you up for a margin account".

Such borrowing is done by placing the underlying shares in a margin account on which the broker charges interest each month.

Yet Ms. Howell said her broker never explained that he was opening a margin account for her, instead calling it a "portfolio credit line".

According to the aggrieved employees, Salomon's brokers pushed them to exercise their options and borrow against the shares by placing the acquired stock in a margin account.