Nobody has shown interest in buying banks' toxic assets?

Quote from gnome:

I think that's right.

Banks want to claim "$.80"... privateers want to bid $.30. But if banks accept that as value, their balance sheets will be wiped out. What to do... ??

My guess is that C and BAC will just have to try and survive without selling, which should take years. Some of the others appear to be in better shape, although I read a lot about the massive derivative exposure JPM has.
 
Quote from MandelbrotSet:

On top of what has previously been stated, I think the potential investors are a little leery of getting in bed with the government ... it might comeback to haunt them at some future date. :eek:

Yeah. It's kinda like seeing a smoking hot fresh-off-the boat Cuban hooker in Miami. You know you'd have a great night but you'd regret it for the next 40 years of herp infection.
 
I've read reports here and there suggesting that C and BoA (and others) are buying all they can get their hands on for .30, if for no other reason than to sell them to an SIV at .85, in "partnership" with the Treasury and the Fed backstopping all the downside.
 
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