Thursday, September 9, 2010

I have a Wachovia Invstmnt & Rtrmnt Acct & have used all my margin cash. Can I close the acct & take a penalty

It is a Wachovia CAP Brokerage Account that has a value of $22,920 but the Securities Market Value is $68,881...in other words I have borrowed about $46,000 from the account (this includes interest of course).



I really made a mistake in dropping 50 grand into this about 8 years ago and have a number of other retirement money resources set-up for me now.



I guess what I'm saying is I would very happily rather have the amont I owe in margin loans be partially paid by the account value - and then just make payments on the remaining balance...can this be done?



I would like to close this account down - What are the options typically in this situation?



Thanks in advance for any answers.