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To: Guy Gordon who wrote (6393)	2/16/2000 7:27:00 PM
From: paru	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24042

OT. Does anyone know of a site which lists a company's competitors along with other financial data? Thanks in advance paru

To: Guy Gordon who wrote (6393)	2/16/2000 7:34:00 PM
From: Jay Fischer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24042

I really don't see the big deal with margin. As long as you use it within reason it is a very effective tool. I have been margined anywhere from between 20% to 30% for the past 3 years. My stocks would have to go down more than 50% in aggregate before I started to even worry. Since I am a LTB&H I feel I can beat the 7% margin rate.

To: Guy Gordon who wrote (6393)	2/16/2000 10:43:00 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24042

Margin ... very specific rules for when and how I use margin to sell stocks. How you say? I stay pretty much fully invested, so if I want to buy something I usually have to sell something else. So if I have a stock in my portfolio that is reaching the target I have set for it, I will keep a lookout for new opportunities. When I find the opportunity I buy on margin, then look for the opportunity to sell the former stock, sometimes quickly sometimes in a month or two (sometimes I sell calls on it and have to wait for it to be called away). I also use margin when the market goes through a big correction, like the traditional Oct corrections. Then I buy on margin and figure out how to pay it off after the recovery. TP (I currently have margin debt of about 1% of my portfolio which I plan to pay off with TYC leaps, when TYC finally makes it's move)