A margin call occurs when the value of securities in a brokerage account falls below a certain level, known as the maintenance margin, requiring the account holder to deposit additional cash or ...

In this example, if the market value of the account falls below $14,285.71, you’ll be at risk of a margin call. So if the stock price of XYZ falls to $71.42 or lower, you’ll face a margin call.

“Margin Call,” opening this week, is so suffused with the financial world’s hellish descent three years ago that it’s movie fiction in name only. What’s apparent from the get-go is that ...

Margin Call is an explosive drama that speaks lucidly and scarily to the times we live in. As Tuld says, “There are three ways to make a living in this business: be first, ...

1. On the whole, in a macro sense, "Margin Call" doesn't have much to do with our current economic crisis, because it can't: It's fictional. After seeing "Too Big To Fail" -- which stuck to the ...

Margin Call is perforated with sharp insights. Each ascending echelon of the bank's hierarchy has a weaker understanding of the complex financial instruments they are trading than the one beneath it.

As the Occupy Wall Street protests continue and expand, "Margin Call" might seem the right movie at the right time.The psychological drama, which observes roughly 24 hours at a crisis-rocked New ...

“Margin Call” takes ripped-from-the-headlines events and dramatizes them for all they’re worth. Which turns out to be quite a lot. Starring a top cast including Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons ...

Just in time for the -Occupy Wall Street movement is “Margin Call,” a fictional expose of some of the people who got us into this economic hell. A surprisingly strong debut feature from writer ...

Margin Call is based on the financial collapse of 2008. The firm in the movie is so over-committed to risky real estate loans that it owes more money than the company is worth. The cast includes ...