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they're keeping a bunch of the toxic mortgages too.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:16:17 AM EST
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JPMorgan expects to write-down some mortgage income, by as much as 58%, during a "severe recession" in CA. (64% in FL; Somewhere JPM assumptions define a period for "severe recession." Let me guess: 36 months of negative GDP growth? Good luck with that, NBER!)

Conference call including *.ppt presentation. (Not reviewed by me. Meh.) Then they'll own the properties for resale, no? Then the goal-seeking strategy to recover (break-even) is $1.9B. Given west coast RE primary market volatility, that goal could obtain on REO sales alone and much sooner than current "panic" implies. IIRC, median CA residential is still $350K - $400K.

One among many topics of asset-stripping that I find interesting though is how FDIC will liquidate the assets of WM's remaining subsidiaries. And which will the BHC attempt to reserve?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:14:59 AM EST
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Perhaps FDIC will need some of Paulson's $700 billion, if it hasn't already been given to MS and GS.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 02:20:30 PM EST
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It now appears that FDIC managed to stick WaMu's holding company with all the toxic shit and has dodged an artillery shell here.  For once!

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Sep 27th, 2008 at 10:18:14 AM EST
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