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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (67051)	5/25/2000 2:41:00 PM
From: jim_p	Respond to of 95453

Slider, I can't speak for others, but I try to maintain 35-50% margin debt. It has been as high as 65% for a few days after a strong sell off last fall. I think I posted back then that I didn't sleep very well for a few nights. After a strong rally, I try to keep margin debt at 35% so as the rally consolidates I won't be to far off from 50%. I also don't own any of the high fliers in the OSX and have a good select of laggards in both oil and gas and service, and keep 30-45% in oil and gas which are not as volatile. I don't recommend it for anyone else, but it has made be a lot of money. VBG Jim PS We need your picks for the contest