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To: john dodson who wrote (25316)10/7/2002 11:17:52 PM
From: Sr K  Respond to of 25814
 
Duh!
5. Valuations
"BTW #1 - the current times are radically different from the crash of 1929. For one thing margin requirements are much higher now. This has a huge stabilizing effect on the market." That this was a huge destabilizing effect on the market in 1929-32 does not imply that its absence in 2000-2003 is stabilizing.



To: john dodson who wrote (25316)10/8/2002 1:40:09 AM
From: sea_biscuit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25814
 
For one thing margin requirements are much higher now. This has a huge stabilizing effect on the market. Can you imagine conditions with at 10% maintenance requirement that wasn't enforced?

No, I can imagine something worse -- a friend of mine borrowed some money from a credit card, and then, using that money, opened a margin account! This happened in early 2000. Haven't heard from him since.


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