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To: John O'Neill who wrote (31794)	8/10/1999 5:15:00 AM
From: Duker	Read Replies (1) of 70976

OT**... freddy mac and fannie mae with derivatives to hedge against the many loans they have which are already under water ... ??? Perhaps you could walk me through how FRE and FNM lead to some derivative collapse based on a modest uptick in rates ... it would seem to me that there has been a precedent (or ten) for these companies to 'hold it together' in far more tumultuous interest rate environments ... without their retained portfolios blowing up ... without their securitized pools imploding ... --Duker

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