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To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (700)9/25/1998 5:17:00 PM
From: Michael Friesen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3536
 
Personally I feel kind of bad for Meriwether - I've been a fan of his since I read Liar's Poker where I read about him psyching out Gutfreund at Salomon.

Henry, in Cramer's column on TheStreet.com, he opines that the LTC situation will prompt a revision of bond margin requirements. As I understand it you can trade in cash bonds at 5% margin. Can you comment on the validity of Cramer's assertion and the implications?