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To: BWAC who wrote (9400)1/24/2002 11:20:37 AM
From: JakeStraw  Respond to of 17683
 
>>Hell, I had a 70 year old client whose full service broker put her into EToys

I had a 90+ year old family friend whose broker churned the h*ll out of her account just so he could make himself some fat commissions. People like that should be barred from selling investments for life. Nothing ever happens to sharks like that, so the practice & abuses continue...



To: BWAC who wrote (9400)1/24/2002 11:27:20 AM
From: Bill  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 17683
 
ENE was down $29 billion in market cap from its 52-week high if my arithmetic is correct, and about $60 billion from its two-year high. Peanuts in comparison to the pump and dump dotcoms. Hell, Greenspan alone knocked $60 billion out of Cisco in a single afternoon in 2000...