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Originally Posted by JD
True enough, it doesn't manifest itself that way, but if you own 10,000 shares of a stock that goes from $20 a share to $12 a share in a short period (ahem, Penn West), you've essentially suffered a similar loss. It happens.
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Still not the same thing though because you've put out the money and that's that. Here you've put out the money for a property and have to spend more. Obviously you can lose money in either case, but you don't have to pay maintenance on securities (aside from the aforementioned maintenance margin, if you decide to take that risk).