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To: Tommaso who wrote (42597)	1/7/1999 6:52:00 PM
From: Lucretius	Respond to of 132070

I'd say there's a good possibility. More worrisome are the trillions in derivatives out there that the banks are on the hook for should the other party fail to pay up (much like what happened when Russia imploded this Summer)

To: Tommaso who wrote (42597)	1/7/1999 10:10:00 PM
From: Mike M2	Respond to of 132070

Tommasso, i don't recall the specifics of the hunt's silver bubble but I recall reading the the CME changes the rules to the effect that they got reamed perhaps someone can elaborate on this. mike