Online Broker Survey: Margin Calls? No Problema, Say Readers

Tell the average investor that 89% of his peers think their brokers treat them fairly on margin calls, and he'll likely laugh and point you to some poll that finds 87% of male drivers enjoy pulling into gas stations to get directions.

Yet hard as it may be to believe, an overwhelming majority of participants in TSC's Online Broker Survey say they feel good about the way they were treated when brokers forced them to repay loans or sell stocks to meet their debt.

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