Wednesday, January 28, 2009

"Bad Bank" Rally

Financials are ripping it up today because a "bad bank" solution to the market's troubles is in the offing. Well, before any declares the financial crisis over, I have a few questions:


- How will the bad bank price the assets? This was the problem with the TARP in the first place.

- Who is going to run the bank bank? Seems like the FDIC wants the job, although their restructuring efforts as of late are unimpressive.

- How will the bad bank pay for the assets? I am assuming the Treasury will issue debt.

- Will the sellers maintain any profit / loss potential from the disposed assets?

1 comment:

Teddy KGB said...

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