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Non-Tech : Auric Goldfinger's Short List -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: xcr600 who wrote (1375)	1/27/1999 11:13:00 PM
From: Tom Murphy	Respond to of 19428

I would not be surprised. As for me, I hope the guy takes a real bath. I think he is a manipulative clown. Just my opinion.

To: xcr600 who wrote (1375)	2/5/1999 4:46:00 AM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

NEW Margin Rules at Datek's. Maintenance Requirements The minimum maintenance requirements for your margin-enabled account at Datek Online are the sum of the following values: 1.) 30% of the current market value of all securities long not otherwise specified as requiring higher maintenance. 2.) $5.00 per share or 30% of the current market value, whichever amount is greater, of each short position priced at $5.00 per share or above. 3.) $2.50 per share or 100% of current market value, whichever amount is greater, of each short position priced at less than $5.00 per share. Important Note: For select highly volatile stocks, Datek Online may impose maintenance requirements between 40% and 100%. In addition, the equity account ratio at which positions in a margin-enabled account may be closed out has been raised to approximately 10% from 5%. Volatile Stocks Datek Online has imposed a special 50% maintenance requirement for the following stocks: Name Symbol 1. Ameritrade AMTD 2. Amazon.com AMZN 3. At-Home ATHM 4. Books-A-Million BAMM 5. Broadcast.com BRCM 6. CMGI Inc. CMGI 7. Cytel Corp. CYTL 8. Data Broadcasting DBCC 9. Double-Click DCLK 10. eBay Inc. EBAY 11. E-Trade Group EGRP 12. Excite Inc XCIT 13. Go2Net GNET 14. Infoseek SEEK 15. J. B. Oxford JBOH 16. K-Tel Intc. KTEL 17. Lycos Inc. LCOS 18. Marketwatch.com MKTW 19. Siebert Financial SIEB 20. Ubid Inc. UBID 21. Yahoo Inc. YHOO Commentary: This seems to halt different "fallacies". -The "fall through" feature on halted stocks like TRBD (when a zero price sets free all tied up margin on that stock into the account equity). -Over-proportional purchasing power (free capital) swings in stocks which fell sharply, especially in short portfolios. C.