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John,
Well, now we have gotten somewhere. We got you to laugh. I think we are
making progress.
Best Wishes,
Norman
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Lothian" <I4Lothian@xxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [RT] Leverage Capital in Soybeans
> Norman:
>
> LOL! That is pretty funny. Projecting nefarious motivations on to
> other people where they don't exist. Very well done.
>
> Yes, any investment can be fully funded to reduce the effect of
> leverage. How big of an account would one need to properly diversify
> for a kid's college savings account? One soybean contract is $25K.
> You said you were long various quantities from 1999. Something does
> not quite add up.
>
> Regards,
>
> John J. Lothian
>
> Disclosure: Futures trading involves financial risk, lots of it!
> John J. Lothian is the President of the Electronic Trading Division
> of The Price Futures Group, Inc., an Introducing Broker.
>
>
>
>
> --- In realtraders@xxxx, "Norman Winski" <nwinski@xxxx> wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > One does not have to be leveraged to have a position in futures.
> Can can allocate the full cash value. For example, if a Soybean
> contract is for 5,000 bushels and the priice is $5, the full
> underlying value is $25,000.
> > One can allocate the full underlying value and virtually reduce
> leverage to zero. One does not have to buy a farm or elevator to
> reduce leverage to invest in Soybeans. However it is probably true
> that if one takes a long term view on the futures markets, the number
> of transactions is likely to drastically drop. This will thereby
> drastically reduce the income of the futures account rep. I can see
> why you may be inclined to discourage this approach.
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> >
> > Norman
> >
>
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