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To: KFE who wrote (71)	1/21/1999 8:55:00 AM
From: jjs_ynot	Respond to of 429

I have noticed that the MMs will push a stock down that has been flat for several months just before a big piece of positive news (look at the way they dropped XCIT several weeks ago as an example) and vice versa for bad news. Getting a little greedy I guess. You can sometimes tell this is happening if you see small lots 100 to 400 shares moving the market in one direction and then a large (e.g. 10,000 share) lot comes in at the opposite side and only moves the market a little or not at all.

To: KFE who wrote (71)	1/21/1999 8:55:00 AM
From: Rick Faurot	Respond to of 429

KFE, Hey, thanks for the "insider info." Yep, it's kinda obvious when an ax is trying to sit on a price despite upticks everywhere else and all of a sudden MSCO drops in or NITE and gives his pal a hand. Lotta rough stuff going on and newbie traders need to be aware that the playing field is far from level. RickF