She was a great lady, she tried to help as many students as she could. She was always there for me.

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The spread curve is compressed enough -- you're talking about five basis points difference in the overall spread between two-year and seven-, eight or nine-year agencies, and a very flat Treasury curve, there's no reason to extend out for rates or spreads.

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We've generally become favorable of shorter-dated (agencies) inside of five years as of December. Spreads widened out, more so in the front of curve.

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I always view a really large foreign participation number as being a dangerous thing. If you're looking at somebody who is maybe not a natural buyer or a long-term buyer, the danger is that if it takes that participation to make them (the deals) just go OK, what happens when they don't show up?

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There was enough demand to bring the issues without any incident.

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