BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Margin
- the difference between the cost and the selling price of a product or service
- a payment made to workers over and above the basic wage in recognition of special skills
Wiktionary Definition for: Margin
- # cattag Printing : the edge of the paper that remains blank
- # cattag Finance : the yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost
- #a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits, as a margin of error
Additional Resources
- Stock Margin Calls: CEOs New Scourge
- A scary new scourge is haunting the hallways of the C-Suite: stock margin calls. With stock markets tanking, a number of stocks bought on margin are being called in. Typically, an individual may take out a loan to buy stock, but if the value of the stock...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Chesapeake Energy Not Alone in Margin Call Madness
- A scary new scourge is haunting the hallways of the C-Suites of energy sector and other companies: stock margin calls. With stock markets tanking, a number of stocks bought on margin are being called in. Typically, an individual may take out a loan to buy stock, but...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Margin Advisor. (Software).(new software from SunGard Securities Processing)(Brief Article)
- Margin Advisor, a processing solution that delivers real-time margin information on equities, fixed income and listed derivatives, has been released by SunGard Securities Processing. Margin Advisor continually analyzes margin account status and gen Margin Advisor, a processing solution that delivers real-time margin information...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
- Stock Margin Calls: CEOs New Scourge
- Stock Margin Calls: CEOs New ScourgeRE: Stock Margin Calls: CEOs New ScourgeI agree with Antonio. CEO's need to be rewarded for success and punished for failure. That is not fact in reality because they do a very good job of negotiating their exit packages up front when the...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Sierra Margin. (Software).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
- Sierra Margin, an add-on program from FNX Ltd. (www.fnx.com), works with the Sierra Systems suite of products to offer real-time margin monitoring for options traders. Color-coded screens notify traders and risk managers of margin call or margin cut situations. Sierra Margin allows for multiple collateral configurations...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Margin lending under fire.
- Oct 04, 2002 (Asset - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian investors are continuing to find margin loans an attractive investment proposition. Just over 116,000 Australians held margin loans at the end of June 2002, 23 per cent up on the previous year. The size of...
- Research articles 2002-10-04
- Apple iPhone's Substantial Impact on Gross Margin
- Turley Muller submits: Margins held steady Q/Q at 36.3% (down 10 bps) versus expectation of ~200 bps of margin contraction due to mounting headwinds. Management issued Q4 GM guidance of 34%, 100 bps higher than Q3 33% GM guidance (which AAPL exceeded by 330 bps). Considering the number of...
- External links 2009-07-29
- Investing with Borrowed Funds: No "Margin" for Error
- Investor purchases of securities "on margin" have grown dramatically in recent months. As NASD recently reported, the amount of debt taken on to buy securities reached $174 billion in July, an increase of over 25% since the beginning of the year. Some commentators see this growth as a sign that...
- White papers 2003-09-11
- Liberty helps UGC founder cover margin calls. (Finance).(Liberty Media Corp., UnitedGlobalCom, Gene Schneider)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Liberty Media Corp. chairman John Malone bailed out longtime friend and associate Gene Schneider earlier this month with a $5.1 million loan to help the UnitedGlobalCom founder and chairman cover margin calls. Margin calls typically occur afte Liberty Media...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Policy on the margin: Evaluating the impact of margin debt requirements on stock valuations
- Abstract Rapidly rising stock prices in the 1990s raised worries about potential inflationary or destabilizing effects. The use of initial margin debt requirements by the Federal Reserve was proposed to reduce the run-up in stock prices. This paper evaluates the likely impact of margin debt requirements on...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- The U.S. Department of Commerce has determined that cement imports from Mexico represented a dumping margin of 73.74 percent for the period from August 2000 to July 2001
- The U.S. Department of Commerce has determined that cement imports from Mexico represented a dumping margin of 73.74 percent for the period from August 2000 to July 2001. If that margin is upheld on appeal, Cemex will be required to pay an estimated $29.5 million in anti-dumping duties. Cemex's average...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
- MARGINAL - buying stock on margin - includes rankings of top-performing stock mutual funds - Statistical Data Included
- Q&A | The downside of BORROWING from your broker to buy stocks. While technology stocks were taking a beating, I heard that a lot of investors were getting margin calls. What prompts a margin call? What are the advantages and disadvantages of buying stock on margin? --DONALD WOLTER, Oshkosh,...
- Research articles 2000-06-01
- Your Net Margin Is A Key Indicator Of Health
- Net operating margin, also known as net profit margin, is the best barometer of a company's performance. The ratio tells how well a company converts revenue from core operations into actual profit - how many cents of profit it gets from every dollar of sales. The operating margin shows how...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Challenger exits margin lending.(Challenger Financial Services)(Brief Article)
- Oct 03, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's Consolidated Press owns 23 per cent of Challenger Financial Services. Challenger has exited margin lending. It said a review indicated that banks have advantages in margin lending. Macquarie Bank has purchased Challenger's...
- Research articles 2004-10-04
- Appetite for margin lending increases.
- May 12, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- Margin lending for sharemarket investments has risen by nine per cent during the March 2002 quarter. According to Reserve Bank of Australia data, the amount of money lent on margin reached a record...
- Research articles 2002-05-17
- Margin lending grows on young investors.
- May 12, 2002 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- Margin lending for sharemarket investments has risen by nine per cent during the March 2002 quarter. According to Reserve Bank of Australia data, the amount of money lent on margin reached a record $A8.9bn during...
- Research articles 2002-05-17
- Margin debt hit by US attacks.
- Nov 17, 2001 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Australia's booming margin loan industry has been hit by the US terrorist attacks. Average daily margin calls jumped 146 per cent, to 668, as the financial markets fell in the wake of the...
- Research articles 2001-11-16
- Margin lending on the rise.
- Aug 02, 2002 Financial Planning ABIX via COMTEX -- It is calculated that margin lending is rising by 15 to 20 per cent per year in Australia. Macquarie Bank reports a 90 per cent jump in margin lending over one year, predominantly from customers...
- Research articles 2002-08-02
- Margin lender of the year.
- Apr 30, 2007 (Asset - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Investment Trends has judged National Margin Lending to be the winner of the 2007 "Asset" award for Best Margin Lender. It won from Leveraged Equities and Colonial Geared Investments, with the total value of margin loans outstanding...
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- Small margin lenders lead client grab.
- Byline: Jonathan Barrett Jun 24, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The regular end-of-financial-year grab for margin-lending clients has again provided undercut interest rates from small providers. By 25 June 2007 both the Bank of Queensland and Suncorp had dropped...
- Research articles 2007-06-24
