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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (2619)	8/24/2002 12:55:33 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

Brian, I had a chart of margin debt and it looked like Nasdaq. Deleted the chart yesterday, but here you can find historic margin debt data back to the '30s. fmcenter.org Margin debt may not have caused the stock market bubble, but my guess is it made it much worse. Gottfried

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (2619)	8/24/2002 1:05:18 AM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

Brian, more on margin debt. For a more readable pdf document nyse.com Year/Month Debit Balances Free Credit Balances Free Credit Balances (yymm) in Margin Accounts in Cash Accounts in Margin Accounts 200012 198,790 84,400 100,680 200101 197,110 81,380 90,380 200102 186,810 78,660 99,390 200103 165,350 77,520 106,300 200104 166,940 77,460 97,470 200105 174,180 76,260 91,990 200106 170,000 75,270 98,430 200107 165,250 73,490 97,950 200108 161,130 73,710 103,990 200109 144,670 74,220 115,450 200110 144,010 69,550 101,850 200111 148,650 72,090 98,330 200112 150,450 78,040 101,640 200201 150,390 75,110 97,330 200202 147,030 72,730 99,350 200203 149,370 69,790 93,700 200204 150,940 68,540 92,140 200205 150,860 66,120 92,950 200206 146,270 68,280 95,830 200207 136,160 68,860 98,080