Lessons Learned- It is difficult to learn lessons when they come with an expensive price tag. Yet, I am still learning. I guess this is a good thing, that we should continue to learn as we get older. My most recent lesson learned is that of the dangers which come with using margin to trade. Plain and simple, I have failed with margin. Thinking that I could buy large amounts of stock, with borrowed money, and watch as I hope to see the stocks go high, has not work out for me. In fact, I have lost more money because of it, and I am now below the original amount of money that I began investing with. The killer is the margin calls. I have had to sell stock at much lower costs than when I purchased them, just to meet the margin calls. Please be aware of the dangers that come with margin money. So, I will work to cover my several thousand dollar margin debt, and try hard to stay away from it, and get back to the basics. Good luck out there folks. Now, if I can just re-learn the lesson of being diversified in my portfolio, I just might get back on track.