Debt-financed stock investment booming as market surges in South Korea

Nikkei (Japan Economic Daily) online

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SEOUL -- Debt-financed stock investing is overheating in South Korea. Margin loans to retail investors have doubled in April聽from a year earlier to over 30 trillion won ($20 billion), as surging home prices and pension worries push individuals toward riskier bets. The government now faces the task