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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DownSouth who wrote (14541)	1/8/2000 7:41:00 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 54805

DownSouth, Margin violates/negates/neutralizes the "reduced risk" benefit of Gorilla gaming. I don't think that can successfully be argued if margin is used at the same rate to a moderate or minimal degree over the same long-term period that Gorilla Gaming takes place. The more I think about it, the more I believe a dispassionate use of a small amount of margin will successfully leverage an investment in a Gorilla in a way that does not increase risk. The crucial point, however, is that very few people are capable of being entirely dispassionate about the use of margin; the moment they become emotional (passionate) about it, the risk skyrockets and the potential reward remains the same. --Mike Buckley