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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:18 PM Original message |
JPMorgan ceo: 'We like mark-to-market accounting' |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mark to market accounting is a good thing. The problem right now is that |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. But that seems to be an insurmountable problem. How can you do mark to market |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. what do you do when non-foreclosed houses aren't selling and banks aren't lending |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Your question is exactly why they're aren't lending! Nobody knows |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I understand that but don't you think realizing a gain on an asset you still hold is odd? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. No. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I agree with you. They never should have let banks be brokers |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I've got no problem with M to M accounting either. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Agreed. Banks should be a conservative profit-earner. Not pulling in 30-40% returns per year |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Short selling had no affect on credit crisis. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-12-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
10. was i the only one who read this and first thought of |
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