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To: Tunica Albuginea who wrote (2803)	7/22/1997 11:28:00 AM
From: Frostman	of 3991

Tunica, But wait, there is even more to worry about! Another interesting thing is that the bull market has caused folks to owe more than $113 billion last month on margin debt through brokerage accounts up from 98.9 billion in April according to an article in the on-line WSJ today titled "Some Fear Margin Debt is A Dangerous Sign for Stocks". The current margin debt figure equals 1.07% of the value of all U.S. stocks which is about $10.8 trillion give or take a Jaguar. Reassuringly, the article reminds us that the ratio reached 1.5% before the stock market crash of October 1897 and was above 1.15% in early 1995. But, the jump to the current figure of $113 billion is the largest dollar gain for any two-month period on record. <Yowie!> Take care, we'll all know soon. But I can't see Greenspan, IBM's earnings, or a batch of margin calls getting in the way of man's pursuit of a good erection. Take care out there, Frostman

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