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To: Jodi Segal-Lankry who wrote (11845)	12/18/1997 9:31:00 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) of 18056

During the day, the S&P index is calculated of course, and the futures tend to follow it. The tendency is for the future to trade at a premium to the cash, the reason is the cost of arbitraging the difference, I think. For distant futures, the premium can get amazingly high. A lot of things could happen between tomorrow morning and now, but the night traded S&P futures are a pretty good prediction. At least as good a predictor as yesterday's price. :) I'm showing S&P futures at something like 956: cme.com -- Carl

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