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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (60261)	6/3/1999 4:47:00 PM
From: mike machi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

~I don't know why the market is so concerned with tomorrow's employment report since two rate increases are already in the market~ Are you seeing the end of the depressive volatility? Certainly the fundamentals of the AMZNS and AOLS and CMIGS have not changed. Thanks... Mike

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (60261)	6/3/1999 5:02:00 PM
From: Robert Rose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

To any and all: In my Datek account, the following stocks are not marginable and thus cannot be sold short (the riskiest category): etys, hlth, pcln. The following stocks are marginable, but cannot be sold short: abov, athm, dclk, gnet. I also have a few stocks that are marginable and can be sold short: amzn, aol, exds, rnwk, yhoo. (I also have ebay, cmgi and more amzn in my schwab account, but will not concern us with that now.) My question: on what basis are these distinctions determined? I have never concerned myself with them much because I rarely if ever short and try to leave myself with plenty of margin room. fwiw, my available cash balance is 20% of my account value, but yes, I am beginning to feel the need to understand these issues more fully. tia, Rob

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (60261)	6/3/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: Mark Fowler	Respond to of 164684

I don't know why the market is so concerned with tomorrow's employment report since two rate increases are already in the market.<< William i think it's because the Fed announced a bias towards tightening, todays market was mixed some indices up others down. I'm still sticking by yesterdays reversal on that retest. But we do have to get up out of here in a hurry 275 is a key number for me on IIX. It won't look good if we close below this.