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To: NOW who wrote (44065)12/5/2000 5:54:41 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
thanks...i see...this seems to specifically relate only to transactions by institutions, but equates to a lowering of 'margin' requirements for them. in other words, since securities borrowing has proven relatively risk-less in the recent past, we're now making it riskier...i.e. give the machine opportunity to increase its extreme leverage even further. surely everyone can see the wisdom of this...-g-