govt bail out of fannie mae and this monday...SP tanks or soars?could be another hype news and nothing happens...
Quote from libertad:
One way to view the issue is rather simple.....
What happens ....no Paulson bailout...
What happens....Paulson bailout
No Paulson Bailout....
Initial 15% haircut all bonds.....
Short term confidence failure by foreigners limits credit supply....
Prices adjust to more normal levels....
The foreigners get to be big bag holders...
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Paulson bailout
Prices slower to adjust to normalcy....
Confidence by foreigners improves....
US taxpayers get to be big bag holders....
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So much for capitalism...
The Sec/Treas keeps his tax free take which was dependent on this very asset class.....along with the other bonus keepers....
Ironically, Venezuela is nationalizing its banks as is the supposed capitalist US....
It is getting harder to tell the difference between large US corporations versus the US government....
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Time for change is an understatement......