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To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (38640)	8/8/1999 8:47:00 PM
From: Alex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116764

<<ÿNew York Stock Exchange member firms customer margin accounts, which allow investors to borrow against a portion of their portfolios to purchase additional stocks, surpassed $170 billion in April, reaching $178 billion in May before edging back by about $1 billion in June. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿThat represents a 25 percent increase versus December, 1998, growth that outpaced the 19 percent gains in the Dow Jones industrial average, for example. The growth also came after many retail investment firms such as Charles Schwab Corp. were tightening margin rules, requiring investors to put up more cash for trades. >> msnbc.com