1.   Enron would contribute its expertise and systems to the new trading venture and the other company would contribute the financial heft that Enron now lacks.

2.   Its moves had been predictable, and it relied on financial heft rather than on nimbleness to gain a point or two of market share.

3.   Large-cap companies have the financial heft to spend with abandon.

4.   The financial heft of Mobil, the giant oil company, gave it a big advantage.