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To: Dealer who wrote (22292)	12/6/2000 8:52:43 AM
From: Voltaire	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 65232

Morning gang, First of all, have no fear in here, the second tier Houses and even some larger Houses will try and exacerbate the Apple report, FORGET IT, it will not matter. The only thing to ask yourself in here is: DOES THIS MARKET HAVE A CATALYST AND IS IT POSITIVE? The answer is yes, two of them, one, the Fed and two the Election Solidification. NOW, on the second, yes there will be fluctuations through this small period of uncertainty BUT THIS WILL BE YOUR BUYING OPPORTUNITY. At least until Jan it is Basically full speed ahead. Time Capsule wise, this is WED. and the usual HUMP day. We should really ride late Thursday and Friday. Voltaire

To: Dealer who wrote (22292)	12/6/2000 9:06:52 AM
From: Dealer	Respond to of 65232

Just one of the things we learned last year. Margin can eat you alive!!! Margin Calls Claim Another Tech Veteran By WILLIAM M. BULKELEY Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL interactive.wsj.com Warren V. "Pete" Musser, the chairman and founder of Internet incubator Safeguard Scientifics Corp., was forced to sell most of his company stock to meet margin calls, as the high-tech stock decline continues to roil executive ranks. A number of executives have recently cited margin calls -- a lender's demand for more collateral to back loans originally secured with stock -- as a reason they have been forced to sell shares. Among the margin casualties of the tech-stock downdraft are Bernard Ebbers, president of long-distance carrier WorldCom Inc., and PSINet Inc. Chief Executive William Schrader. ____________________________________________________________ BTW: We also learned that we need to take some of the profits off the table!!! I have to develope a system on this one. I don't do Margins. dealie