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To: HighProb who wrote (101161)4/16/2000 2:08:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 164684
 
In my experience and study, swift crashes like this are the result of derivatives meltdown or debt. Debt caused 1929 (10% margin rules, no up-tick rule either), and 1987 was derivatives (portfolio insurance).

I bet futures derivatives had alot to do with this, too. That's where the volume is.