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2134: When Should You Use Margin When Investing? By Shailesh Kumar

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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Investing, Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Shailesh Kumar of Good Financial Cents shares when you should use margin when investing Episode 2134: When Should You Use Margin When Investing? By Shailesh Kumar Jeff Rose, CFP® is a Certified Financial Planner™, founder of Good Financial Cents, and author of the personal finance book Soldier of Finance. Jeff is an Iraqi combat veteran and served 9 years in the Army National Guard. His work is regularly featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Inc.com and Entrepreneur. The original post is located here: https://www.goodfinancialcents.com/when-should-you-use-margin-when-investing/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.7

When should you use margin when investing by Shalice Kumar with goodfinancialsense.com?

0:46.4

An arm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.

0:50.7

Now let's get right to it and continue optimizing your life.

0:58.7

When should you use margin when investing by Shalice Kumar with goodfinancialsense.com?

1:06.6

Margin is dead.

1:08.3

You borrow capital from your broker to buy more assets in most cases stocks.

1:13.4

This gives you leverage.

1:15.1

You're making a bet that your returns on the investments you buy on margin are going to

1:19.0

be greater than the interest rate you pay your broker for the privilege, nut of commissions.

1:24.4

If they are, you pocket the difference.

1:26.7

If not, then you have to make your broker whole.

1:29.8

Since the broker uses the assets you already own in your account as collateral to satisfy

1:34.4

your margin, investing on a margin is very similar to buying a house on mortgage.

1:40.3

The only difference being that when you invest, you don't have to make monthly margin payments

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