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To: UncleBigs who wrote (72654)	10/23/2006 2:42:27 PM
From: Mike Johnston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

The economy was falling apart 4-5 weeks ago. Now it is booming. What has changed? In a bubble economy, it is asset prices that determine economic conditions, not the other way around.

To: UncleBigs who wrote (72654)	10/23/2006 2:50:12 PM
From: stan_hughes	Respond to of 110194

No, but the government pushes the money onto the grid so that you and I will go shopping at Nordstrom, Kohls, Abercrombie, Target, Best Buy and Snap-On instead. You know this My only point was that 990N has to be somebody, and the size of their activities severely limits the possibilities of who it could be. It is because traders have become trained to get out of the way when 990N appears on the bid that many theorize that it represents "Fed-friendly forces" so to speak