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To: fut_trade who wrote (2603)	11/9/1997 3:50:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

>>I'm nearly all cash now Peter, I think your cash is going to be worth alot. I was amazed to read this weekend that 40% of Americans have outstanding loans against their IRA's, which is essentially margin. If it's also true that most plans have telephone-switching features now, then I think the pressure on "long-term" equity investing could be severe. Additionally, I read in another Barron's article this weekend that conventional margin debt is the highest percentage of GDP since the 1920's. In declining markets, debt is always the bugaboo.