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To: AC Flyer who wrote (15103)	2/16/2002 9:42:39 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

AC, Here's something I'd like to get you or others on the thread to consider and comment on: Message 17068759 Derivatives have the potential to create astonishing havoc, IMVHO. And yet, they are the favorite candy of the profit-mad investment banker (oxymoron alert!) community. The off shore SPEs and SPVs are especially troublesome. Speaking of which, here's an interesting example of going for results, and instead getting consequences: webactive.com Chose "A Game of Global Gotcha" for delicious irony. -R.