Mr Mister

Margin Debt Hits New Record

"I haven't figured out yet how to adjust the present high relative to the March 2000 peak for inflation; at the very least, it implies more room for margin debt to increase in order to reach comparable levels to the 2000 margin highs."

To account for inflation, you will need to convert the nominal dollars into real dollars. Divide Mar 2000 dollars with Mar 2000 CPI and Feb 2007 dollars with Feb 2007 CPI.

That would be $162 billion in Mar 2000 versus $140 billion in Feb 2007. We are $40 billion to the Mar 2000 record. I'm sure the Fed will not disapoint and print their way to a new record.