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To: The Reaper who wrote (4620)	3/11/2001 6:20:42 PM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6974

<<Steven, did you say that as of Mar. 2 we are at an all-time high on margin debt? Would you please post the URL for that?>> Margin Debt Soars to Unprecedented Levels, Threatening Market's Gains TheStreet.com Oh wait, that's a March, 2000, dateline. (g) I can't find figures for March but there has been a decline since early 2000 that continued to Jan. '01 as shown here: cairns.net.au and corroborated on page 2 of this PDF document: yardeni.com

To: The Reaper who wrote (4620)	3/11/2001 9:27:38 PM
From: Stephen M. DeMoss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6974

I don't have the URL but it was posted on the Market Direction board by a reliable source (Les Horwitz). If I am wrong, I stand corrected but it was posted over the weekend that margin debt is at an all time high. Steve D.

To: The Reaper who wrote (4620)	3/16/2001 11:00:38 PM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6974

<<did you say that as of Mar. 2 we are at an all-time high on margin debt? Would you please post the URL for that?>> Some further follow up on that subject: dailynews.yahoo.com Friday March 16 3:42 PM ET NYSE Margin Debt Falls By Thi Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The amount investors borrowed from New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites) member firms to buy stocks fell for a fifth-straight month in February, the New York Stock Exchange said. Known as margin debt, the amount of loans from brokers outstanding slipped 5.2 percent in February to $186.9 billion, according to the Big Board.