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Alarmed by the corn flurry, the Chicago Board of Trade Clearing House last week raised trading firms' margins from 3? to 4?; a bu., equalling the margins for wheat, oats and barley, and the Board of Trade required non-members to put up double the Clearing House margin requirements...
This year promises to be Churchill's best by a small margin. Eight ships carrying freight alone, seven more also carrying passengers are scheduled to sail before the freeze-over about Sept. 30. Costing $70 per ticket, the voyage takes from 14 to 20 days, offers a view of a part of the world where few besides explorers have been. According to the booking agent, last week's six tourists-four from Vancouver, two from Regina-were merely "curiosity seekers...
...view of this large margin which must be met before any dividends can be paid on the common stock, the company concludes that for all practical purposes the common stock must be considered as of no value and ... is unwilling to countenance the continued trading in the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange...
...barley from 36? to 65? rye from 50? to 76?. On the Chicago Board of Trade, grains frequently jumped the full day's limit long before the close of trading, and speculation became so rampant that conservative commission houses forehandedly raised their margin requirements...
Just above the restricted class are so-called "borderline" accounts, in which margin is 55% to 60%. Their trading rights are not restricted, but excess margin is so small that another purchase of any size would push them below the 55% mark. Reported in this danger zone were 11% of all accounts, 12% of all margined securities...