Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008
More banking sub-prime losses - inbound
Bloomberg: S&P Lowers or May Cut $534 Billion of Subprime Debt
``If you're holding a AAA piece and it's now downgraded to AA, you might have to write it down, even if you're holding it for an investment,'' . ``The longer it goes on and the higher the credit rating of the instrument downgraded, the wider the pain.''
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1. Stevie Dee said...
The financial press seem to like the number 500*!?@*
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Subprime Losses At Big Banks Seen Reaching Y500bn In FY07
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (8306), Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (8411), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (8316) and Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. (8403) face 500 billion yen in losses associated with U.S. subprime mortgages in the current fiscal year through March 31, The Nikkei learned Wednesday.
2. lvmreader said...
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