The total amount of investors using margin aka borrowing money to help pay for a trade is at an all time high of over $1.5 trillion. Is this something we should worry about? We spoke to Jurrien Tinner at Fidelity Investments.
Note: Jurrien Timmer's views are his own and not representative of Fidelity.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez (https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez) .
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