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Yeah, I sort of agree. But two things: 1. The article shares a bunch of anecdotes about individual investors receiving their money back, which is surely true,
by numlocked 8y ago
Yeah, I sort of agree. But two things:
1. The article shares a bunch of anecdotes about individual investors receiving their money back, which is surely true, but not necessarily representative of what’s happening overall.
2. Unfortunately it probably wasn’t priced strictly by “odds of recovery” (and also I suspect there was information asymmetry there) but also based on liquidity needs. Large institutions can wait for cash. Retail investors can’t necessarily. Yes, yes time value of money blah blah. Still seems asymmetric.
- blr246 8y agoThis "asymmetry" is one of the reasons why having capital makes you powerful, and living paycheck-to-paycheck (maximum need for liquidity) makes you powerless.
- fierro 8y agoMore capital allows you to balance risk better (in this case, buying a bunch of IOUs, vs an individual holding one)