Okay, but that is immaterial to my point. My point is that it is possible that for a brief period, it might not matter if they got anything done or even if they even tried to get anything done. If a sufficient number of people BELIEVE something got done, the expected immediate price plummet might be mitigated.
Personally, I do not expect any announced deal to be sufficiently credible to pull that off. I am only saying it is a possibility.
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