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To: TigerPaw who wrote (11353)	4/6/2000 11:56:00 AM
From: myadd	Respond to of 35685

Street advisor throws in the "short towel" on QCOM....lost money...expects China CDMA to be huge. biz.yahoo.com Regards, james

To: TigerPaw who wrote (11353)	4/6/2000 12:23:00 PM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

TP, If the odds are 50-50 on a bet, over the long run you break even. If the odds are better than 90% on a bet, you come out ahead in the long run. I'll have to dig out the ol' college stat book and review. Agree that margin use IS risky. Jim

To: TigerPaw who wrote (11353)	4/6/2000 1:38:00 PM
From: freeus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 35685

Margin is risky. But it also can be very profitable. It has allowed me to own more of stocks that I wanted than I could have without it. But I do agree that one should be out of margin at times. I'm attempting to get out around now. A good time to get in would have been on the big down day and most Octobers. Freeus