They did cut the money market accounts a little more, to 3.78 percent, down 3 basis points.

The first, it said, lasted 12 minutes and brought the market down 3.60 points.

The sell programs alone pulled the index down 42.28 points.

That left the index down 437 points since its close last Wednesday.

Its yield fell to 7.34 percent, down 5 basis points.

The 30-day simple yield was at 1.92 percent, down 5 basis points.

For me, down 17 points at the half, that's funny.

Three sell programs later in the day, lasting 30 minutes, sent the Dow down 19.01 points.

It closed yesterday at a yield of 7.33 percent, down two basis points.

He said that the market might now be set to push yields down another 10 or 15 basis points.