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Margin Call - Definition

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Updated at December 19th, 2020

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Academic Research on Margin Call Margin Call': using film to explore behavioural aspects of the financial crisis, Werner, A. (2014). Margin Call: using film to explore behavioural aspects of the financial crisis.Journal of Business Ethics,122(4), 643-654. The aim of this article is to show how the critically acclaimed and award winning filmMargin Callmay be used in business ethics teaching. The article will set out topics for classroom discussion, including the impact of incentives and power structures, contextual factors that distance people from the consequences of their actions, and considerations of how the banking industry may be transformed. Share pledges andmargin callpressure, Chan, K., Chen, H. K., Hu, S. Y., & Liu, Y. J. (2018). Share pledges and margin call pressure.Journal of Corporate Finance,52, 96-117. Debt reckoning: US receives amargin call, Rappaport, L., & Lahart, J. (2008). Debt reckoning: US receives a margin call.The Wall Street Journal, 15-16. Margin callstock loans, Ekstrm, E. R. I. K., & Wanntorp, H. (2008). Margin call stock loans.Unpublished Results. Finite maturitymargin callstock loans, Lu, X., & Putri, E. R. (2016). Finite maturity margin call stock loans.Operations Research Letters,44(1), 12-18. In this paper, the authors formulate margin call stock loans in finite maturity as American down-and-out calls with rebate and time-dependent strike. The option problem is solved semi-analytically based on the approach in Zhu (2006). An explicit equation for optimal exit price and a pricing formula for loan value are obtained in Laplace space. Final results are obtained by numerical inversion. Giving Form to Finance Culture: Neoliberal Denizens inWall Street(1987),Boiler Room(2000), andMargin Call(2011), Wagner, K. B. (2016). Giving Form to Finance Culture: Neoliberal Denizens in Wall Street (1987), Boiler Room (2000), and Margin Call (2011).Journal of Film and Video,68(2), 46-60. Amargin callgone wrong: Credit, stock prices, and Germany's Black Friday 1927, Gissler, S. (1927). A margin call gone wrong: Credit, stock prices, and Germany's Black Friday 1927.Stock Prices, and Germany's Black Friday. This paper studies the view of leverage in a financial crises. The paper looks at the effects of changes in leverage on asset prices. It provides a historical case study where a large, well-identified shock to margin credit disrupted the German stock market. Margin callrisk management with futures and options, ALIRAVCI, M. (2013).Margin call risk management with futures and options(Doctoral dissertation, MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY). Margin Loans-ManageMargin CallRisk and Look Out for Law Reform, Rickard, D. (2009). Margin Loans-Manage Margin Call Risk and Look Out for Law Reform.Equity,23(6), 21. Margin CallWhat if John Tuld Was Christian? Thomistic Practical Wisdom in Financial Decision-Making, Rocchi, M., Ferrero, I., & McNulty, R. (2016). Margin Call What if John Tuld Was Christian? Thomistic Practical Wisdom in Financial Decision-Making. InAcademy of Management Proceedings(Vol. 2016, No. 1, p. 13541). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. This paper aims at analyzing Tulds behavior in the light of the virtue of prudence as described by Thomas Aquinas, and reflects on how the problem might have been handled differently if John Tuld had been guided by Christian moral teachings in the film Margin Call. It also examines whether Christian ethics, with its ancient heritage, has sufficient specificity and transformative capacity to serve as a guide in contemporary financial decision-making. In High Leverage Retail FX Market, theMargin CallRate is 35% and It is Difficult for Individual Traders to Survive., Zhang, X. (2017, August). In High Leverage Retail FX Market, the Margin Call Rate is 35% and It is Difficult for Individual Traders to Survive. In30th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference. This paper explores the hardship in controlling financial leverage, as well as the harm that this causes to professsional traders. The author find out that retail FX traders are poor at leverage control, as 35% of trading accounts fail to control their leverage and have received Margin Call.

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