Thanks very much Now What, to me, that was valuable info.

When anyone opens a margin account, I understand there may be a stock loan consent form, if that is signed unknowingly in haste ,along with the other documents, some people may not know what they signed.

Here is a little piece I found when searching for more info on this subject.

The stocks that are

borrowed for a short sell

transaction come primarily

from margin accounts.

Margin accounts allow you

to borrow against stocks and

other securities deposited

into the account. When you

open a margin account you

usually sign a margin

agreement, which may

incorporate a stock loan

consent form. The stock

loan consent form allows

the brokerage house to lend

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