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Old 08-26-2008, 11:58 AM   #323
Finner
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Originally Posted by Mike Oxlong View Post
So a bank will lend you $100,000 just to go play the stock market?

What type of collateral do you have to put up? Where is the banks security if you invest in Enron and lose it all?

You could buy options...you could easily leverage hundreds of thousands of dollars by buying / and or writing options. I'm actually an options/equity trader for my day job.

Last edited by Finner; 08-26-2008 at 12:00 PM.
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