To: Robert Rose who wrote (122211 ) 3/30/2001 9:21:39 PM From: Glenn D. Rudolph Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684 glenn, as i'm sure you are well aware, margin magnifies the personal financial impact of a market decline. and potentially results in margin calls that can really screw things up. mark advocates selling, even at this point. i'm not taking that approach, but neither am i risking borrowed money on which i'd be paying interest to lose money on highly speculative stocks that are clearly in an out-of-favor sector in a horrible bear market. good luck. rob Rob, You are 100% correct. However, that does not apply to my current current situation as I described in detail in the past. I just need to commit free cash to elminate margin. Your point is very well taken and for many it is the best advice around.i think we get a very skewed picture of the market and investing on these threads. because almost all of us are more speculative than the average investor (that's why we spend the time it takes to read and post here), we inadvertently encourage each other to take risks that may not be in our best interests. I agree completely.(that is but one of my qualms with bill. but you know my position on that one and i know yours, i will try to drop it for now.) Ok will drop. My only comment is small in that your above comment places the position and implications on the person that participates here.i guess my point is that bullish posts right now do a disservice to others. This remains to be seen since it is possible this is the bottom. Now I did not call this a bottom<VVBG> But if it happens to be one, buying now turns out to be lucky. Of course, if it is not, it is a bad idea.