It doesn't matter to me about what you addressed and did not address. It doesn't matter to me.
In you opinion margin calls don't hurt? Be serious. Margin hurts the sp and it also hurts investors. Especially newbies listening to the others. I get a lot of posts in a day and that is not counting emails personally to me.
Your submission that margin does not hurt the sp is being outnumbered by 100 to 1 so you are in a minority.
Now tell me this. Why are these investors calling for Nemis' head one day then the next they want him to prop up the sp.
Canseco yet! One of my stalwarts for years suggested it! I find tha shocking. If you want to play there are times when you must pay.
for any newbies reading these posts do not even consider buying on margin until you really know what you are doing and don't be like many on this forum and get too GREEDY! Use a line of credit and keep yourself out of trouble....Don