morgan stanley, gs, jpm and jeffries have already positioned for the most profitable settlement price, when bear stearns and lehman were in the game,particularly bs,they liked to game the gamers(whale on whale), those 4 plus merrill,they were not liked because of this and hence were not bailed out,it's a lot easier to manipulate the market now,they do it every exp ,those houses along with the feds bankroll are sittimg on the golden goose,just move it where they want,...imagine a pack of wolves..send one wolf out to chase the sheep in a direction..the pack is sitting waiting at the other side..basically get us long or short and move it in the other direction, thats why there is no volume anymore, the sheep herd is getting thin