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To: Chip McVickar who wrote (3113)	3/4/2004 3:58:56 PM
From: Chip McVickar	Respond to of 12410

NYSE Specialists This is a follow up to the Bernanke speech... which was an eye-opener on the implied lengths to which the government will go to prevent a deflationary depression. Specialists play a major role in what Bernanke brings to light. WSJ article today is worth reading with more detail then Forbes... This is new news. WSJ article notes the year long investigation... but now states that 2 dozen senior individuals will be individually prosecuted and that some have already left their respective firms. Has this and would this cause serious disruption and will the new rules significantly change these firms within the overall skeeem.......? NYSE probes individual specialists - WSJ forbes.com NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange is investigating about two dozen individal "specialists" for potential trading abuses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The probe concerns whether the specialists, who trade stocks on the NYSE floor,.......