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To: TigerLikesRooster
"Brokers will lend up to 50% of the market value of a security

B.S.! Check out "Portfolio Margining" ... avg. Hedge Fund is leveraged 9x ... some, 40x. Crazy!

Reg. T only applies to the dupes w/Retail Brokerage Accounts. sshhhhhhh, don't let the sheeple know.

20 posted on 10/25/2007 5:14:35 PM PDT by babbabooey
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To: babbabooey

Floor traders/market makers go 100x on the NYSE and Amex (that is the Amex floor traders that haven’t been laid off)..


21 posted on 10/25/2007 6:07:01 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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