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To: Moominoid who wrote (13964)	1/26/2002 4:39:47 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Then zero-sum isn't the proper term for what we were talking about. Which is my old question, where did the money go? Enron is a great example because the market cap was what? Billions. And eventually the market cap went to zero. Is there any way to quantify how much of those billions went into the pockets of sellers, and how much went to money heaven? I guess the exchange has a record of how many shares were sold and for how much. I'm trying to figure out how to ask the question intelligently because I want to send queries to the exchanges about whether they've maintained archival records from the 1920's and 1930's. Most historians and economists work with indexes, and we all know the limitations of indexes.