Macquarie: Chinese Margin Debt Has Much, Much More Room to Run

China's margin debt could reach 3 trillion yuan

Borrow to buy these Chinese stocks.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Margin debt in China has been on a tear as the Shanghai Composite Index surged nearly 130 percent this year.

With that, margin trading has jumped thirtyfold over the past three years on the city’s stock exchange, as investors borrowed money to buy securities.