| 31. | During the Crash of 1929 preceding the Great Depression, margin requirements were only 10 %.
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| 32. | Margin requirements establish the amount of money an investor can borrow from a broker to purchase securities.
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| 33. | The 50 percent margin requirement on convertible bonds hasn't changed since May 6, 1970.
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| 34. | The central bank, however, is also charged with regulating margin requirements for broker-dealers.
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| 35. | Some have advocated raising the margin requirement as a way to keep stocks from rising to unsustainable levels.
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| 36. | It reflects a truer balance between the margin requirement and the actual level of risk in day trading.
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| 37. | But there is evidence that brokerage companies have already begun to tighten some margin requirements on their own.
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| 38. | Officials at E-Trade did not return a phone call seeking information about their current margin requirements.
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| 39. | The increased volatility and uncertainty can then lead to tightening margin requirements causing further forced sales of assets.
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| 40. | Studies have suggested that a rising level of stock prices is unrelated to liberal margin requirements, Greenspan said.
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