Investors still in denial …
It is quite unbelievable … investors still are in denial about the facts …
They still live the dream, that after a bad 2008 … things HAVE TO become better …
Unfortunately … we are at the BEGINNING of the downfall … not the end …
EVERYTHING was built on LEVERAGE … and now … the leverage option cedes to exist
Look at all the Government guaranteed institutions … FNM, FRE, AIG a.o.
PENNY STOCKS … Citibank … Bank of America going down the same street …
AIG … trying to get MORE money … MORE backstops … AUTSCH
And now … they really fancy a BAD BANK … as IF we had not enough, better TOO MANY of them
Look at this chart … approved by the Govenment as it is from Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Group estimates that troubled assets could exceed $5 trillion, if defined as assets that could show a loss rate close to, or above, 10%. To put that in context, $5 trillion is just over 40% of the $12.3 trillion in total assets of U.S. commercial banks.
Now … a simple calculation … for the BEST CASE!!!
Take a loss rate of ONLY!!! 10% on these assets … What does that mean???
Every bank with a leverage above 20 will be WIPED OUT!!!
You by chance know, what that means???
This means ALL OF THEM WILL BE WIPED OUT!!!
The most conservative banks still have a 20 times leverage!!!
So … don’t ever celebrate a BAD BANK … just look for the exit …
EVERY BOUNCE is a present YOU SHOULD VALUE!!!
Tags: BAD BANK, deleverage, outlook, stupidity



Februar 2nd, 2009 at 08:18
Scary stuff, Oli. And, it’s not even Halloween yet!!! lol
Februar 2nd, 2009 at 10:56
Scary …. for the blind … scary made me, that the blind ruled for so long