Quote from brokershopping:
I bet this is what's going on...
Given that there are home loans which are blended up and made into mortgage bonds which are re-blended up and made into CDO's, which are then insured by CDS's; and given that the ultimate leverage is an absurd multiple of the of the original backing individual home mortgage it's all based on; and given that the 'smart' money didn't understand squatola about this entire pyramid scheme through the entire process and considering they are now 'educated' and realize that the AAA bonds they bought based on BBB mortgage bonds have now been repriced to reflect that they are BBB and can be bought on the cheap.
Now, assume you have a smart team who can trace through the crap and find the original source loans, then find out if there are certain derivatives that are especially heavily leveraged on certain individual properties. Then buy up all the CDO's which are heavy in this group of properties and sell insurance on them. You are getting it dirt cheap, cause the 'smart' money knows they are going to crap shortly. THEN you shove the blade in their heart. You basically GIVE FREE MONEY to the home owner to ensure they don't default on the loan. Because of the leverage, you can afford the cost, and you control the default destiny of the loan, essentially CREATING a AAA product. You are doing the opposite of the subprime scam on the way up. Instead of selling BBB stuff at a AAA price, you are buying AAA stuff for a BBB price.
It's like selling fire insurance on a house you know can't be burned down. Brilliant. It's free money.
Now how do 'I' make money on it...