How to Use margin call in a Sentence

margin call

noun
  • When these holdings fell sharply, margin calls forced the fund into distressed selling.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • It couldn't be determined whether the firm was satisfying its margin calls through the sales.
    — David Faber, CNBC, 30 July 2026
  • It couldn’t be determined whether the firm was satisfying its margin calls through the sales.
    — Sarah Min,hugh Leask,justina Lee,tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 29 July 2026
  • Indeed, a margin call does not care how good your research is or whether a stock eventually recovers.
    — Andrew Graham, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Furthermore, this margin call does not distribute itself evenly.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The major gaps remaining stem from a lack of margin call notice and, potentially, a lack of qualified custodian.
    — Alexander S. Blume, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Sharp declines can trigger a margin call, forcing investors to either deposit additional cash or sell holdings—potentially at worse prices.
    — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 27 July 2026
  • Most borrowers in traditional markets expect a margin call period in the case of a drawdown on collateral securing a loan.
    — Alexander S. Blume, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Because the portfolio was financed with heavy leverage, relatively modest declines began triggering margin calls from lenders.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Despite a potentially valid thesis, the fund lost 67% due to concentrated, leveraged bets and margin calls during an AI stock sell-off.
    — Andrew Graham, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Wall Street banks that had lent Situational Awareness gobs of money to magnify its bets issued the fund margin calls—non-negotiable demands to stump up more cash.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Situational Awareness, the hedge fund led by Leopold Aschenbrenner, was forced to sell billions of dollars of tech shares to meet margin calls after those bets rapidly lost value.
    — Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In late July, when AI stocks sold off, the same concentration and leverage forced the fund to sell its entire public equity portfolio, virtually overnight, to meet margin calls.
    — Scott Lavelle, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Second, spiking diesel costs move through freight and agriculture, ensuring a secondary margin call on grocery expenditures months later, a reality reflected in the sharp spike in natural gas prices and surging fertilizer costs.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • For Black women, who are currently seeing unemployment rates surge, or Latinas struggling with high business interest rates, the margin call is not a theoretical economic concept.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Jim Cramer figured this may be the case on the morning of July 30, as reports emerged that Situational Awareness was facing a margin call and its brokers were seeking buyers for its public stock portfolio.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Chevron disclosed $870 million in margin calls posted as cash collateral in its first quarter, which dropped to $139 million by the quarter ended June 30 and marked a cash recovery that came as oil prices dropped from their highs in March.
    — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In July, Situational Awareness faced margin calls after AI bets soured, leading the hedge fund to strike a deal with Ken Griffin’s Citadel to offload a big chunk of its public equity book.
    — Katherine Doherty, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The July gains came after Citadel acquired the bulk of the public-stock portfolio formerly held by Situational Awareness late last month, following the hedge fund's rapid unraveling after steep losses triggered margin calls and forced asset sales.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Prime brokers Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank of America issued margin calls, and the fund ultimately sold its entire public equities book—longs and shorts alike—to a single unnamed buyer before Thursday’s open.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026

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