In other energy news, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress yesterday that shrinking supplies of U.S. natural gas mean the nation must build more gas import terminals to create a "safety valve" that will help stabilize prices.

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That will help stabilize home prices in communities like this one.

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King notes that if successful, QT could help commodity prices stabilize, and maybe even fall.

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The chart shows that the prior lows and the uptrend have been broken, but higher stock prices could help stabilize the sentiment next month.

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This consolidation (in addition to the shortages due to the Thailand floods) will help to stabilize or even increase individual drive prices in the long run.

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We believe a shift from PCs to alternate growth segments will help drive demand as well as stabilize declining DRAM prices in the future.

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