Information > Financial Terms > This page Thin Margin A
small margin; a shoestring margin; a margin that gives the owner only
a small equity in his purchase; a narrow or insufficient margin that leaves
the speculator's account in an exposed and precarious condition in case
of a declining market. Brokers
customarily do not carry stocks on margin for customers unless there is
ample margin and will not continue carrying the stocks until the margin
is exhausted. |