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five and three-quarters we could have gotten even more. i do not know whether the system would have gone completely out of kilter if they had not been done, but it was too much of a risk. and i really glad, and -- and i'm really glad and we were beneficiaries of what happened. the >> i appreciate that. i can tell you there are some things in my job as a u.s. senator from montana that do not make a lot of sense. one of the things that does not make a lot of sense to me is why these synthetic -- and i know you have an answer for me, but why these synthetic instruments came about with n...

the firm's mortgage department's positions and risk. and need to reduce the basises risk in the book. we were instructed to reduce risk and get the position closer to home. we were not told what direction to take just to get there. in the first quarter of 2007, we sold abs where possible and increased our single name positions. however, the abs desk continued to lose money because the market value of our long abs positions was declining faster than our offsetting hedges. the relatively rapid decline in the index running a wave of short covering and some new long interest. as a result...