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To: LLCF who wrote (17093)	3/20/2002 2:47:07 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 74559

<<except to note that IF people keep taking loans on their assets as they increase in value that could be a problem... again, asset values fluctuate... debts don't.>> Why are we even having this discussion...the point was made CRYSTAL clear in March, 2000 when margin debt as a percent of stock market cap was at an all time high, and it was determined not to be a problem so long as stock prices kept rising!<G>

To: LLCF who wrote (17093)	3/20/2002 2:47:38 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Are you under water on your mortgage? I'm not, nor do I know anyone who is, although I'm sure someone out there is because I was in the past with a former house. Even so, while I was under water on that mortgage I had plenty of other assets that more then made up for that situation. On the whole, the Boomers as a group have a much higher net worth than they did ten years ago. Which refutes the idea that as a whole, they are worse off.