Die Margin-Kredite steigen seit 9 Jahren fast non-stop - doppelt so schnell wie das BIP und dreimal so schnell wie die Verbraucherpreise. Im Januar wurde mit 665 Milliarden Dollar ein neues ATH markiert. Das ist 60 % mehr als im Juli 2007, als die letzte Kreditklemme in USA begann und mit den Bankenpleiten 2008 ihren krönenden Abschluss fand.
Höchste Zeit, dass da aus dem Margin-Blase mal jemand die Luft rauslässt.
wolfstreet.com/2018/02/26/...appily-on-smoldering-powder-keg/
Stock Market Leverage Spikes. Sparks Already Flew. Brokerage Regulator “Concerned.” But Hey, Nothing’s Going to Happen.
There is nothing like a big shot of leverage to fire up the stock market. And that’s what the market got in 2017, when the S&P 500 surged 26%, and in January 2018, when the index soared another 7.5% through January 26 – until suddenly something happened.
One measure of leverage in the stock market is margin debt – the amount individual and institutional investors borrow from their brokers against their portfolios – which surged $22.9 billion in January to a new record of $665.7 billion, according to FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), which regulates member brokerage firms and exchange markets, and which has taken over margin-debt reporting from the NYSE.
...With only a few noticeable down periods, margin debt has soared for nine years in a row and now exceeds the prior peak of July 2007 ($416 billion) by 60%.
By comparison, over the same period, nominal GDP (not adjusted for inflation) has grown 32%, and the Consumer Price Index has grown 20%. In other words, margin debt has ballooned twice as fast from peak to peak as GDP and three times as fast as the Consumer Price Index.
