“Margin Call” takes us into the world of an investment bank that has taken on too much risk. Consequently, it is skirting insolvency. The bank doesn’t know this, until a sharp analyst discovers it, because its risk model doesn’t allow for the kind of volatility that the assets actually can experience. The analyst who is in the process of finding this out has been fired. His successor finds it out. He warns his superiors. The problem then makes its way up the chain of command in one evening and all-nighter. This leads on the following day to the liquidation at … Continue reading The Movie “Margin Call” (2011)