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To: rocklobster who wrote (48807)	3/11/2001 10:28:08 PM
From: Rande Is	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 57584

Margin debt increased to an all-time high for the week ending March 2 Well that IS news. And I may have to reconsider based on your info. Could you please provide some links to your data? Thanks.

To: rocklobster who wrote (48807)	3/12/2001 1:47:47 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Respond to of 57584

I posed a question about margin debt on Michael Burke's thread some time ago. He basically replied that consumer level investors use of margin really does not pose a serious danger to the health of the economy. It is use of other techniques of leverage by certain financial institutions that pose the risks and tightening margin for J6P won't concern these big players (banks, hedge funds...) It's nonsense to blame the woes of the tech stock market on the individual investor.