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To: chaz who wrote (14522)	1/7/2000 10:46:00 PM
From: straight life	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

To me it's simple-- I'm not retired; I'm now self-employed. I run a business; it's a securities business. I see it as a capital intensive business wherein a lot of my capital is tied up in inventory. Any businessman or woman needs access to capital, and borrowing capital is central to business activity. Why is my business any different? ?SL

To: chaz who wrote (14522)	1/7/2000 11:58:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Excess margin I have never had a margin call. To avoid the situation I have two accounts with the same broker. One account has some long term buy and hold stock that I check and leave year after year. (Core stocks like EMC and DELL). The other account is margined and I use it to cover naked puts and opportunistic buys. If I were to guess wrong and find myself in trouble, it takes but a phone call to move stocks from the safe account to cover the margin. It works for me because the margin requirements for each account are calculated separately. (The second half is to quit using margin if you are getting into trouble). My rule of thumb is to get completely out of margin at least twice a year. That makes sure you don't keep mediocre investments hanging around. TP Edit - An increased reliance on Gorillas and Kings leads to much fewere mediocre investments.