[redmarion]

I'd mostly be looking to raise when my low has some back-up. That being said. If you have multiway action & you're in position, raising will not drive anyone out. This is an opportune time to build a pot. If you are eventually 1/4'd then you'll have a better chance of still making a small profit (get their money in the pot before they fold). When you wiff the flop, you will have a small chance occassionally for a free card. Otherwise, you can fold a wiff/conterfiet flop. You have increased your equity in position, but only loose one big bet when you fold. On the times that you win scoops/3/4's, you will easily recover those one big bet surrenders. The 25% to 35% that you win will easily cover any minimum losses on those raises.

(BB*n) is "almost" always more profitable than (SB*n) in multiway action when n>4. The larger 'n' the more you should lean toward raising. When 'n' =4, flip coin for game theory rasing decision (it will be random enough so your opponents can't pick up your methodology). "n<4" is not usually a good place to raise except for the occassional steal on players that are capable of folding.

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everytime while playing B&M?

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I wouldn't recommend using always/everytime or never in setting up my game plan.