margin calls

U.S. margin debt has surged to a record $1.1 trillion, an increase of $67 billion in September alone. Despite markets at all-time highs, investors are borrowing to buy more. But behind the headline number lies a deeper question –  How much leverage can the system bear? Margin debt is the...

Banking giant Citigroup (NYSE: C) considered partnering with Alameda Research, a now-bankrupt crypto trading firm, to launch a crypto lending business in 2020, but decided against it due to concerns about the firm's lack of risk management.  Austin Campbell, the former co-head of...