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Why do the poor have to get a second job in order to get 2x margin? Why do they have to jump through the hoop when the rich don't have to? If the poor have $2,0
by nullnilvoid 9y ago
Why do the poor have to get a second job in order to get 2x margin? Why do they have to jump through the hoop when the rich don't have to? If the poor have $2,000, why cannot they use margin as leverage? The opportunities are not equal there.
- nradov 9y agoWhy is life not perfectly fair for everyone? If the margin trading limit was lower then the news would be full of sob stories about how greedy brokerages let unsophisticated people get in over their heads and then took their life's savings on a margin call. Sometimes stocks go down.
- nullnilvoid 9y agoIt is not fair for everyone. But this is an artificial, unneeded hoop that could be easily removed. If we set it at $25,000, does that prevent "unsophisticated people take their life's savings on a margin call"?