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I think it is more of a pulse taking of risk as they are more sensitive these days when they see a significant amount of flows into a certain asset class.

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have been several instances where the market has pushed back, the portfolio manager said. billion dollars in leveraged loans were pulled out of the market in March and seven deals got pulled last week. I wouldn say it a slam dunk (to come to the market right now), that issuers can now get away canada goose coats on sale with anything canada goose clearance.