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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (40659)	10/7/2008 10:45:43 PM
From: BWAC	1 Recommendation Respond to of 95622

<<...traders described the selloff as remarkably orderly and largely free of panicky jettisoning of big positions. Many say that in recent days, the market has been under pressure from small investors who are throwing in the towel after getting quarterly brokerage and mutual-fund statements showing big declines. >>> My comment on that? Computer algorithms execute the trading instructions in a remarkably orderly manner, free of panic, or any other emotion. They do what the program says to do, without question or delay, in predetermined increments and time frames. And bs on the small investor causing the downward pressure. Its hedge funds blowing, or institutions delevering. Combined with few bids. The few bids are probably mostly from the small investors.