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Mon Oct 13

• Finanzkrise: Nun muss der Staat den Banker geben.: Von Winand von Petersdorff.

Fri Oct 10

• With Market Declines, Investors Face Margin Calls: A sharply declining market can hit investors two ways: As stocks fall in value, their collateral shrinks below the prescribed threshold, or brokerage firms themselves get nervous and tighten those thresholds. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD) says it's pulled back on the amount of money it lends investors for certain stocks and has been using more conservative criteria to trigger margin calls. Wachovia Corp. (WB) discussed tighter restrictions in an email to financial advisors earlier this week. At Citigroup Inc.'s (C) Smith Barney unit, declining markets have led to a spike in margin calls and some investors have been asked to respond more quickly than usual. Customers of prime brokerages, like hedge funds, may also be finding it more difficult to borrow. While these do not always face the same tightening margin requirements as retail customers, credit fears and banks' desire to hoard cash has made margin borrowing more expensive.

Fri Jul 18

• Lind-Waldock: Online Trading: Margin call comes below maintainence margin.

Sun Mar 16

• Debt Reckoning: U.S. Receives a Margin Call - WSJ.com

Sat Mar 15

• Market.Melange : Why the Fed's TSLF arrived too late for CCC and Bear Stearns: On Tuesday March 11, the Fed pulled out a new liquidity-enha ncing tool from its bag of tricks: the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF). As we will see, the TSLF addresses exactly the type of problems experienced in recent days by the hedge fund Carlyl

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