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To: c.horn who wrote (17)9/12/2001 6:39:47 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 109
 
Reuters reporting that US markets may remain closed until next Monday.

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That will give everyone time to regroup. It reminds me of Roosevelt closing the banks during the Great Depression - bank failures were happening in chain reactions. The breather allowed everyone to regroup and stopped the chain reaction.



To: c.horn who wrote (17)9/16/2001 6:18:51 PM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 109
 
new accounts only -- limits extension of additional margin. Worthless and discriminatory, IMO. One customer opened an account two years ago can do these things and a new customer can't? I'll never use Schwab.

Short sellers simply do not drive markets down -- where do people get such ideas?