To make my weekly "best dividend stocks to buy this week" series more useful, I'm breaking that into three parts. A reference article about the right and wrong way to use margin, the watchlists ...

A margin account is a brokerage account in which the broker lends the customer cash to purchase stocks or other financial ...

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In technical terms, leverage is the ratio between the amount of money you have in your account and the total size of positions the broker allows you to take. You’re using leverage every time you enter ...

A margin call can lead to investment losses. Keeping a close eye on your holdings can help avoid surprises. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...