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To: GraceZ who wrote (84177)	8/9/2007 11:03:33 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 306849

RE:"I use Scottrade most of the time (as well as Schwab and TD Waterhouse) and the interest they pay on cash balances is pitiful in comparison to the rate they charge for margin, it's quite the spread." One reason I left Scottrade.

To: GraceZ who wrote (84177)	8/9/2007 11:11:37 AM
From: Tommaso	Respond to of 306849

>>>and the interest they pay on cash balances is pitiful in comparison to the rate they charge for margin,<<< I have not used margin much in recent years, but it seems to me that the spread was much smaller 20 years ago.