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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (41579)	2/27/2000 8:20:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 99985

Margin Debt trivia: a) As a percentage of total market cap, we are now back to the same levels as Autumn, 1987. b) Margin debt just since Sept 99 has increased 36%. c) Margin debt again increased in Jan 2000, up another 7.6%, to an alltime record $244 billion. Source: Bob Brinker's Money Talk weekly radio program. bonus triva: People who have been in the stock market only in the last three years, according to studies, on average believe that they will get a 22.5% annual return...from here on out.