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- From: hcb@netcom.com (H. C. Bowman)
- Subject: marginal borrowing
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.184533.3446@netcom.com>
- Keywords: info margin borrowing
- Organization: Box of Rain Productions
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:45:33 GMT
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- Hiya--
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- Three quick questions about borrowing "on the margin."
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- 1.) Is there a rule-of-thumb to what qualifies a security as
- marginable?
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- 2.) How are margin rates determined?
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- 3.) Is borrowing "on the margin" a Really Bad Idea for
- longer-term loans?
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- Many thanks!
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- --Cliff
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