Again, though, there's not a great deal of evidence that it exists in longer-term pricing of securities.

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On July 27 ETF Securities promised to maintain its lowball pricing for at least another year.

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Ironically, the turning-point came earlier this year, when it was suggested that, as the supply of Treasury bonds dwindles thanks to the federal government's surplus, mortgage-agency debt could replace them as the benchmark used for pricing other fixed-income securities.

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Nevertheless, lawyers not connected with either the Entwistle or Milberg firms say the issue of pricing and the mechanics of the securities-lending business are ripe for investigation.

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"It makes sense for the long term, as the company gains more pricing power, " says Ray Neidl, an airline analyst with Calyon Securities.

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By taking these securities off the open market, the Fed inhibits the capital markets from fulfilling their function of appropriately pricing and dispersing risk.

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Under current securities laws, members of an IPO underwriting syndicate are prohibited from publishing equity research before and up to the IPO pricing date and for a period of 40 days after the pricing of an IPO.

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