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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (62981)6/22/1999 6:44:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
bp, alan has made statements that if he restricts margin requirements that people will feel more comfortable to speculate and the problem will be worse.

not that i agree...



To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (62981)6/22/1999 8:29:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
bp, It was circa 1985 and he had some hair. IRAs were fairly new and Keoughs were for very few. The public was buying 10% CDs as their IRAs back then. They would still be buying 10% CDs today if they existed. <g>