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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (84343)8/10/2007 8:54:46 AM
From: 10K a dayRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
> hedge fund managers may have realized that they were facing significant losses in their credit portfolios.
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The beauty of all that is they just put their head between their legs and never sell. Hold that position for 10 years and you know what the japanese market felt like...-g-

i.e. Never Ever Flinch...



To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (84343)8/10/2007 9:06:02 AM
From: BWACRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
"“As these managers unwound significant factor based portfolios, these factors started to behave in unexpected and potentially troubling ways. Short names started to rally and long names started to fall as these trades started to hit the market. As most quantitative managers use similar quantitative factors,"

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That is exactly what is going on. HB's rally back today too after an initial selloff?