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To: ild who wrote (201316)	10/31/2002 11:12:24 AM
From: ild	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Will another easing help? I doubt it, but I'm just a stupid bear. 9:30 AM SPREAD TALK: Investment-grade credit spreads narrowed slightly yesterday but remained near their wides for the year. Yesterday, the Standard & Poor's investment-grade credit index narrowed to 266.9 from 267.0 the previous day. The index has averaged +221.5 basis points thus far this year. The 2002 low for the index was +194.9 basis points on June 10th. Here is a link to S&P's data on their investment-grade credit index. 9:13 AM SPREAD TALK: Speculative-grade credit spreads widened to a new all-time wide, pointing to continued high levels of risk-aversion. Yesterday, the S&P spec-grade closed at 1480.7 basis points compared to 1474.9 basis points the previous day and 1347.2 two weeks ago. The 2001 high was 1,269.8 basis points. The current level is much higher than the 2002 low of 850.3 basis points. Here is a link to data from S&P. bondtalk.com