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skindog 10-03-2007 07:58 PM

degen market gambling inside
 
I'm thinking of taking out a home equity line of credit to buy stocks with. Are there any regulations against using my line of credit money to buy stocks?

If I can buy stocks, are there any regulations against me getting a loan on margin with that money?

AvivaSimplex 10-04-2007 03:30 PM

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Regrettably, there are no laws against this.

You should try to convince other people to do the same thing. That way, when you inevitably lose money, you can blame the home lenders and brokerage houses, and get a government bailout.

ahnuld 10-04-2007 03:42 PM

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didnt this cause the great depression? People used the above techniques to speculate in the market and when it finally crashed they lost everything and banks defaulted because they would acutally loan these people money.

skindog 10-04-2007 04:11 PM

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fwiw, I'm structuring the transaction to limit my losses to a level I can comfortably cover with my current assets... the opportunity presented to me is favorable enough from a risk/reward perspective that I feel compelled to borrow.

That and degen, ftw. Thanks for the replies, it's good to know I won't be going to jail [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

soko 10-04-2007 04:25 PM

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Sounds like a good idea, stocks only go up up up!

DcifrThs 10-04-2007 04:27 PM

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Sounds like a good idea, stocks only go up down up! ...[b] or down up down; or down down down; or up up down; and so on

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skindog 10-04-2007 05:04 PM

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Sounds like a good idea, stocks only go up up up!

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omg, you discovered my secret to quick riches

shhhhhh

kyleb 10-05-2007 05:12 AM

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There is nothing wrong with gambling. Don't let these nits tell you otherwise. Gogogogogogo


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