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> >A drop in value of 25% would wipe out most speculative buyers.
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> I've never seen such a drop.
No, there's never been such a drop. But then again there was never a such a
rise in gas prices until there was one in late 70's, there was never an 80%
drop in one section of the stock market in that short a period as ther was a
few
years ago, oil was never over $50 a barrel before ... etc.