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Buying on margin

A risky technique involving the Purchase of securities with borrowed Money, using the shares themselves as Collateral. Usually done using a margin Account at a Brokerage, and subject to fairly strict SEC regulations.

Related Terms: 14 Account, Broker, Brokerage, Borrow, Collateral, ECU, Margin, Margin account, Money, Owe, Purchase, Risk, SEC, Share
Other Related Pages: Category: Trading Starting With: B
Additional Related Terms: 10-Q, 10-K, Account, Account statement, Account aggregation, Account balance, Active account, Alternate account, Asset management account, Accrual of discount