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Non-Tech : Auric Goldfinger's Short List
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To: JSB who wrote (1504)2/11/1999 7:47:00 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger   of 19428
 
The issue is not marginability, it is the commission. If you work with a full service broker they will loan the stock. One just has to put up 100% instead of 50%. Etrade could care less 'cause they're a thin margin biz. Try Bear, Paine or Smith.
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