Margin funding

margin trading: Get ready to pay more for margin trading

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margin trading: Get ready to pay more for margin trading

Mumbai: Non-banking finance companies have raised the cost of borrowing for stock brokers by 25-30%, according to four industry officials familiar with the matter. The move will make margin funding – a short-term loan that brokers extend to investors for buying shares they cannot afford otherwise – costlier for clients, the officials said. Brokers borrow … Read more

Margin funding: Margin funding touches new high in step with D-Street

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Margin funding: Margin funding touches new high in step with D-Street

Mumbai: Margin funding, where retail investors purchase stocks by paying 25% and brokers fund the rest for up to a year, hit an all-time high this week, when the broader market also climbed to a new peak. This increase in risk appetite reflects a prevailing sense of euphoria among retail investors, although market participants warn … Read more