Negative Investor Credit Balance

Posted by

“Credit Balance” is defined as the sum of Free Credit Cash Accounts and Credit Balances in Margin Accounts minus Margin Debt.  It is a measure of the state of investor speculation – In English, how much or how little cash is being kept relative to long positions in margin accounts.

Doug Short nailed it with a similar chart back in the Summer of 2011 when this measure had reached a similar peak.  If you’re looking for evidence that a short-term peak is at hand, strength in this data-set appears to be better than most at coinciding with a peak for stocks.

Here’s Chris Kimble’s update and annotation of Doug’s original chart:

cash accounts

Another straw on the camel’s back, let’s call it.

Source:

Cash levels in Brokerage accounts approach lowest levels in history! (Kimble Charting Solutions)

What's been said:

Discussions found on the web
  1. where to buy k2 near me commented on Sep 14

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More on on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  2. w88 commented on Sep 21

    … [Trackback]

    […] Info to that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  3. eatverts.com commented on Sep 23

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  4. window cleaning company austin tx commented on Oct 02

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More here to that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  5. used garmin astro 320 commented on Oct 10

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  6. E-market commented on Oct 29

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More Information here to that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  7. https://www.massreplica.com/ commented on Nov 25

    … [Trackback]

    […] Information on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  8. Functional Testing Services commented on Nov 26

    … [Trackback]

    […] Information on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  9. replica watch commented on Dec 15

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More here on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  10. diamond paintings commented on Dec 17

    … [Trackback]

    […] Information on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  11. rbc royal bank sign in commented on Dec 20

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  12. DevSecOps commented on Dec 21

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More Information here to that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

  13. rbc online banking sign in banking commented on Jan 26

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More Info here to that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2013/03/02/negative-investor-credit-balance/ […]

HowIInvestMyMoney

Read this next.