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To: Nandu who wrote (6344)	5/4/1999 5:44:00 PM
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SEC comments at lunch. Fear of gov't regulation. This should be short lived, as the statements were offset by the fact that April online trades could be up 60% over March. CNBC has had it on all afternoon that major brokerages may not have another 3-4 quarters to combat the growing amount of online accounts eating into their market share. It appears that 1 out of 5 trades are by online accounts. Could go to 1 in 3 or 4 next year. Tremendous growth projected by the SEC itself. Let