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To: Drake who wrote (16242)	1/25/2000 12:57:00 AM
From: john99walsh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Drake, >>Just a word of caution to those who are thinking about 'margining' -- remember, only margin to the extent that you are 'able to sleep at night'. Thanks for the great advice. Obviously there is a wide range of comfort levels regarding risk taking (as well as a wide range of perceptions about what is risky). Many of the senior posters on this thread have come out in favor of having a cash reserve that is set aside outside of the day to day forces of market fluctuation. I truly believe that you must ?know thy self? when it comes to risk. The ?sleep at night? test is a good one. I do remember the time (about 6 years ago) when I would look at my account statement and see the entries ?margin debt = $0.00? and ?available to borrow = $x..x.00?. At that time I thought, ?Yuk, who would want to borrow against their stock? That is like not paying off the balance on your credit card and just charging away?. John Walsh