break open or apart suddenly and violently, especially as a result of an impact or internal pressure.
Example: In March 2000, margin debt peaked at a new high of almost $300 billion before the bursting of the ‘‘tech bubble’’.
vi: vỡ
downturn
noun
a decline in economic, business, or other activity.
Example: the pace of the run-up in margin debt is considered one of the major predictors of market downturns.
vi: vận mạt
leverage
noun
the ratio of a company's loan capital (debt) to the value of its ordinary shares (equity)
Example: Margin debt – the sum of outstanding loans investors obtains from brokers to buy stocks against the market value of current shares is just one of many indicators of stock market leverage.
vi: tỉ lệ nợ/vốn // đòn bẩy
surge
noun/verb
increase suddenly and powerfully
Example: In July 2007, it surged to another new high of $416 billion before the Great Recession.
vi: dâng trào
tenuous
adj
very weak or slight
Example: Zhang, Seyedian, and Li (2005) contended that the relationship between margin debt and stock market volatility is tenuous at best