Quote from Lucky:
Read news headline (HK Dow Jones newswire) lots of policy holders are cancelling their insurance anyway.
The problem is that now that AIG is being forced to spin off units to raise cash, those independent units may end up with different credit ratings than the parent company. And once sold off, they're no longer able to access the Fed's credit line. Or shouldn't be. Maybe AIG could guarantee a credit line to a buyer from their own Fed credit line, dunno.
Anyway, in which units do you think buyers will be most interested:
a) healthy, profitable, well managed
b) laden with whatever risk caused their current crisis
Hmmm...
Now what units would that leave AIG (and their new owners, the Fed)?
I know they can borrow whatever they want to cover their insurance payouts, but that's still debt on the balance sheet.
Of course I'm all ears to anyone who thinks AIG is a steal at $2.35...