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Non-Tech : Tulipomania Blowoff Contest: Why and When will it end? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mad2 who wrote (1365)	4/24/1999 7:40:00 PM
From: wanmore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3543

now THAT sounds like FUN!!! Of course if than senario plays out there will more than likely be restrictions on shorting

To: Mad2 who wrote (1365)	4/24/1999 8:56:00 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Respond to of 3543

RE: Insurance, I did that 6 months ago, you are dead on. Derivative exposure at these wirehouses is 30X book equity.

To: Mad2 who wrote (1365)	4/26/1999 2:22:00 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 3543

'Scuse my ignorance, but I thought the SEC set an overall margin requirement. I thought it was 50%. In addition, I thought there was an increase in the margin requirement for certain internuts to 70-80%. After your post, I started a little research. I don't seem to find any such restrictions. Schwab and dlj have instituted 100% requirements on certain techs. ETrade does not seem to have any general restriction on stocks unless it is about 5%. Etrade does have a 50% margin on 30 stocks like athome. but AOL is not listed. The chat boards seem to indicate that E*trade has a 30% margin on aol, but I can understand that because of its low valuation. :) I don't know how accurate this casual impiricism is, but I was given to believe that the SEC imposed more substantial restrictions than I have been able to find. Que pasa?????