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Strategies & Market Trends : Booms, Busts, and Recoveries
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To: Taikun who wrote (53822)9/29/2004 1:32:58 PM
From: Seeker of Truth  Read Replies (2) of 74559
 
Hi Taikun,
"Can you buy PTR on margin?" Of course, why not? It's listed on the NYSE.
Now out comes my wagging finger. Almost invariably we buy on margin only when we are supremely confident, i.e. emotionally swayed, probably by others. When we have borrowed and bought and watch the position grow unfavorable we panic and again, based on emotion, liquidate the position. No margin = objectivity. Margin = wild enthusiasn. Of course there are exceptions to this but so say the people who buy lottery tickets.
LOL,
Malcolm
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