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To: PaulM who wrote (57339)	8/16/2000 6:52:21 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 117011

Did you note Fannie or Freddie one had problems last quarter because of derivatives play & CNBC reported on it & questioned the "CEO"? I wonder if these taxpayer supported activities, which are designed to bring housing loans to the masses, should be playing in derivatives? I moreover wonder if these derivatives include the gold(& silver) carry trades or short positions? If these derivatives include anything based on a lower price of gold (& or any other commodity) then is this not an inverse subsidy, or a manipulation of the free market system by a part of our government? Should we even ask what these derivatives losses were - or why thye weren't listed?