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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (45991)	10/24/1999 10:03:00 PM
From: 16yearcycle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

The main point: margin is apparently 4x more than 12 years ago, but what is the percentage of margin vs. total account equity 12 years ago? At first blush margin is 4x higher while the indexes are too, but imo that is not the correct comparison. And margin rates are 3 points lower than 12 years ago. Everyone I know who is margined is very experienced with it. I know 2 folks who panicked this week and sold everything and they are both in their first year of "investing." Belec seems familiar...I am going to look at some archives to see what he has done before.