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901 To further confuse matters, a while back Schwab refused to let me short CFON atBrooks Jackson-6/10/1998
900 Ole 49r... Not a chance on hiking margin requirements. Doing so would crHawkmoon-6/10/1998
899 Not adding any fuel 2 my fire, John! The Fed Reserve has a way of whupping theIngotWeTrust-6/10/1998
898 Re: margining minimum Don't want to add fuel to the fire here, but indepenjohn dodson-6/9/1998
897 Be that as it may, you just learned something from another "turnip" tIngotWeTrust-6/9/1998
896 Erik, both WebStreet and Waterhouse will let you margin Nasdaq stocks long at 4Mama Bear-6/9/1998
895 didn't know you could short turnips. BTW the fed does have margin rules. Besilicon warrior-6/9/1998
894 Ole, before you start attacking Barb, look at what she said. She didn't saErik Lundby-6/9/1998
893 Yeah, you're right, I just fell of the turnip truck. Barb Mama Bear-6/9/1998
892 Disagree all U want, but <b>$5 IS a Fed Reserve Reg!</b>; Have a coIngotWeTrust-6/9/1998
891 ole 49r $5 is not a Fed regulation, but a house limit at most brokerages. SchwaMama Bear-6/9/1998
890 <GGGG> Pullin-GS-6/9/1998
889 The $5 threshold is a Fed Reserve Requirement. Why does the Fed regulate the aIngotWeTrust-6/9/1998
888 With E*Trade (The only account I have that had CFON shorts to lend at the time)Pullin-GS-6/9/1998
887 With Q&R, you are required to have 50% of the value of the stock in your maAlan Lee-6/9/1998
886 All Datek does when a short falls below 5 is slash your BP. I've never receRubber Man-6/9/1998
885 I didn't know that you lost margin ability when your short goes below 5, thPeter V-6/9/1998
884 I covered on Thursday for 5 1/32 also ... learned about the margin call the lasAlan Lee-6/8/1998
883 Was able to cover my entire CFON short position on Thursday and today @$5. I oPullin-GS-6/8/1998
882 Covered yesterday...got sick of waiting...MMs are going to screw around with CFWinston Kim-6/5/1998
881 <b>Equipment makers will benefit a lot from this growth.</b> Wait Hawkmoon-6/4/1998
880 With both xDSL and cable, your fastest connection lies in the weakest link. My Rubber Man-6/4/1998
879 Yep!! I'm running a cable modem myself and have toyed with the idea of anHawkmoon-6/4/1998
878 Wow, is cable doing that bad that cutting them loose is better for the parent cRubber Man-6/4/1998
877 Then you might be interested in just what USWest has been up to, Rubberman. ReHawkmoon-6/4/1998
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