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To: MythMan who wrote (338428)	7/13/2007 8:56:49 PM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 436258

Corporate risk spreads matter, but surely not now -g- Tice on Bloomberg today, we are moving higher

To: MythMan who wrote (338428)	7/14/2007 6:50:35 AM
From: Real Man	Respond to of 436258

BK is a myth, myth, myth, myth, myth, and so are glitches -g- Message 23700625 The reason I remain so concerned about the risk of fast BK in the background of lowered liquidity is the great number of LTCM-like hedge funds shorting options, which have been top performers in the past 5 years. But of course, that will never happen. Risk is very high relatively speaking, but it remains the "tail". Those extreme "tails" are just getting fatter -g- Gold may not be spared. So I buy puts as hedges, occasionally. PS. CME decreased margin requirements post-Feb. 27. Now all of a sudden everyone is writing about huge pickup in margin debt. A surprise? -g- BK will only take a minute of your time these days -g-