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Strategies & Market Trends : Margin Calls - Share The Pain -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: A.L. Reagan who wrote (68)	12/1/2000 10:35:01 PM
From: daffodil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 158

Good points, A.L. Is margin debt inherently worse than any other debt? What concerns me are two things: first, it's not that hard to understand a mortgage, or a car loan, or how credit cards work, whereas it is hard for many investors to understand all of the complications of margin debt. Second, it takes awhile for a home or a car to be repossessed or for credit card problems to become overwhelming, whereas margin can wipe out an investor in a month, a week, or an afternoon. Margin is an incredible tool, but not for the average investor.