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To: Real Man who wrote (76806)	9/8/2007 9:22:36 PM
From: saveslivesbyday	Read Replies (2) of 94695

"Someone is buying index futures to not let the market drop." Vi, I keep thinking about this and trying to figure it out. How exactly does buying index futures prop the market up? It lulls institutional investor confidence that "there must be a lot of buyers?" Or, it sends a message that liquidity is being pumped into the system? What in your opinion is the precise link between the futures and the indices that trade during the day?

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