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To: Debt Free who wrote (30294)	3/11/2008 8:05:52 AM
From: Madharry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78702

I am not on margin but I am almost always fully invested so if i choose to buy something i have to sell something else to do so. Illiquidity invariably means a sharp decline in prices so I am chagrined if a market shuts down or a stock does not trade. with respect to tma i clearly stated it was a lottery ticket-that is a far cry from an investment. as far as being an investor as opposed to a speculator. Unlike WEB I cant pick up the phone and have an extensive conversation with a ceo any time i want to, nor can i buy a big enough position to have the ear of the board. I doubt that any of us here can do that so on some level does the label investor/speculator matter? I am trying to scratch out a living in whatever fashion I can. Now it would appear that someone is going to take advantage of the firesale prices in long term mortgages but who is that going to be? any ideas?