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Technology Stocks : Network Appliance
NTAP 107.08-1.3%Dec 31 3:59 PM EST

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To: Miguel Octavio who wrote ()3/14/2000 2:11:00 PM
From: pirate_200  Read Replies (2) of 10934
 
Don't know the validity of this, but this could really
do a number on a stock if heavily margined:

See: boards.fool.com

"This is a big warning about DATEK. This morning about two hours into the
trading session, they declared a huge number of great companies
Unmarginable. These included BVSN, NTAP, CUBE, QUIK, and many
many more, all companies with record revenues and record earnings. The
net result is that Datek customers were forced in a squeeze to sell these
shares. The stocks had moved from fully marginable to not marginable just
because Datek paniced this morning. I dropped off my margin and am
immediately transferring my account. This is the most unethical stunt I have
ever seen a firm do in my life. I strongly encourage investors to stay away
from Datek. Again, this was not a margin call, this was simply them deciding
after the open to stop margining a huge number of the best NASDAQ
stocks. Pass the word if you are datek customer. I have several other
accounts and traders must never put all their eggs in one basket. Who
knows whether Datek was shorting our positions."
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