On: Margin debt surges to record high

[aeternum]

Somewhat misleading to use a percentage in the article headline when only the absolute amount reached an all-time high.

While the absolute dollar value of margin debt is at an all time high, margin debt as a percent of total stock market value is still significantly below historic levels.

[frankus → aeternum]

I had the same thought, with what looks like a ZIRP bump pre-2021 finally normalizing to where it tracks the stock market much more closely.