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To: westpacific who wrote (3918)	2/25/2003 8:35:24 PM
From: LPS5	Respond to of 11447

So do they, or don't they, intervene directly in financial markets? I've heard two things so far, and I want to be sure I have it right. I mean, the Federal Reserve providing liquidity in times of duress and the SEC giving broker-dealers extra time to clear trades - well within their respective purviews - is not the same as a secret governmental body telling large banks to buy tens of thousands of contracts or shares in order to stave off a meltdown. Which is it? A little from column A, a little from column B? LPS5