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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (80837)12/22/1999 5:06:00 PM
From: clochard  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86076
 
I would say that everyone who has margin is using it fully, but there are probably a lot of people who 'discover' margin every day and start using it to buy their allotment. Since it is there for the asking, and it is a powerful tool, we need to know how many are still unmargined.



To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (80837)12/22/1999 5:10:00 PM
From: Cynic 2005  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86076
 
<<Steve, judging from the explosion in margin debt during November and over the whole year, everybody IS already margined up to their eyeballs.>> Is this why the brokerage group is not as hot? They are so overexposed to margin?

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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (80837)12/22/1999 5:57:00 PM
From: Earlie  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86076
 
Heinz:

I agree. Brokerage house credit managers that I talk to are genuinely concerned. Excessive margins will provide their own impetus to the wilting of this tulip before it is all over.

Best, Earlie