Financial Standard Comments - Margin lending suffers from adviser misconception Investment Trends December 2011 Margin Lending Financial Planner Report has revealed 83% of respondents named market conditions as the biggest barrier to margin lending among financial planners. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/feed/latest?story=12679809 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:30:32 +1100 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:30:32 +1100 en-AU Copyright 2026 Financial Standard 5 Comment by Lloyd () Equities are undervalued from a current profits perspective. The unspoken fear is a collapse in profits due to a credit implosion, in which case, equities are expensive.

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]]> Lloyd () Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:30:32 +1100 Comment by Michael-Perth () Why no mention of the changed legislation in relation to margin lending? Surely this would have to have something to do with it as many advisers are no longer authorised to provide advice in this area.

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]]> Michael-Perth () Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:45:04 +1100 Comment by Phil Ando () A Margin call is the best stop loss you can ever get.
If you are worried about not losing money, then set the LVR at 75% not 50%.
That way if the world collapses like last time , you won't be waiting until you have lost 33% before you are sold out.
Thats the conservative way to use a Margin loan!

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