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Disclosed. >> why, barry, is having an exchange, or any any marketplace, so beneficial? >> well, a number of reasons. keep in mind that swaps and other derivatives are unique animals in the financial world. stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, futures. everything else is required to be traded on an exchange, have reserve requirements, the exchanges make sure that the people who are actually trading these instruments have sufficient capital requirements, theyre capable of meeting margin calls. t...

A lot of the aggressive stuff we did. im all for it. my hat goes off to judge rakov. hes a critically important guy. >> were you to be attorney general today, what would your view be of either prosecuting or investigating jon corzine or mf global relative to the blending of firm assets and customer assets? >> let me be careful here for the following reasons. john has been a friend. ive always liked him. i want that to be out there, full disclosure, which is a critically important thing in every ...

There is more to go on the downside or if this is a squall, however brief and however intense, that may just pass and we go back to the bull market run. >> on the squall front, can we get technical for a moment? >> sure. >> one of the drivers on frid / friday/monday were the funds that had gone short volatilitvo. we had this steady climb, climb, climb, and investors, it became profitable to bet against any volatility. as soon as volatility came back into the market, you saw those funds forced to...

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This revaluation of the stock market. we have to see that continue to play out. >> neil: we lost 700 points, we have to reevaluate lower or what? >> you saw yesterday a lot of gyrations up and down. i think the market is trying to fan a level. -- to find a level. i wish i knew but i know these revaluations are sloppy. they are not smooth. they tend to go up and down theres margin calls and short covering which conflict with one another. >> neil: technical there. would it be any different if ther...