it certainly is a very significant event. a few of us on my thread had postulated that the fund managers have been doing a bit of buying in advance to beat their fund manager brethern to the punch. that may be partially responsible for the endless support the market has gotten the last few weeks. they know full well they have a chunk of change coming in next week. if they can buy ahead of their competitors, it could give them an edge. of course i have no way of proving it, but thats exactly what i would do in their shoes.