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To: Robert O who wrote (31822)	8/11/1999 10:29:00 PM
From: John O'Neill	Read Replies (1) of 70976

<< Given these loans are well collateralized i.e >> my last comment..so as not to aggravate the thread...my concern is the collateral...derivatives have grown at a 20% rate since 1990....most of them are not regulated...there are about $50 trillion in derivatives right now....who can make good on that?.....what is the collateral that forms the basis for this... the S&L's cost us $500 billion.....that could be peanuts next to a financial problem with derivatives (which are not insured)....anyway we shall see....i'm not predicting disaster...just keeping mostly cash at this point...interesting discussing it with you

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