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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (15359)	5/30/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Hi Haim; I doubt I get into the bond trading game, it's just to much for me to have to deal with in the time I have. If I do any thing with bonds in the future it will be to use a CEF , I like PPT ..and with her I can margin the full 50% ( I would never go that far as I figured a 10% drop in price could put you in bad shape if fully margined.) I do use margin but it's most often very short term , mostly a day trade as that cost me nothing. ---------------- Since I started using margin I've only had one notice of needing to make a deposit, but I was out of the trade before the notice even arrived. There are days I max out long and or short, but I'm out almost always that same day, when not I'm at least reduced to 25% by the end of the day. My trading is complicated enough for me to keep up with , and if I start doing raw bonds I'll likely get confused maybe even on my other trades, so a bond fund is about my limit. Jim PS PPT is paying over 9% right now.