Margin transactions over the Internet are drawing attention.
An increasing number of individual investors with access to the Net have gone online to buy stocks on credit or sell them short, and many of them are increasing their presence in day-to-day stock trading.
The Tokyo stock market's deep slide in recent months has left many investors with heavy losses.
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