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To: yard_man who wrote (51599)12/27/2000 2:28:59 PM
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why do the banks do all this? for the spreads. they make markets to their clients, i.e. institutions and high net worth individuals. they have the product in inventory credited to their customers accounts. if they need reserves, they sell either for their own account or on behalf of a client and they scoop up spreads and commissions. the bond market is way larger than the stock market. they have books just like a nyse specialist and are constantly doing transactions for spreads and for settling their own account at the fed in terms of reserves.
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