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This has nothing to do with the stock market, it's to prevent the credit and treasury market from seizing up. The treasury market is not acting well, the spread
by partiallypro 7y ago
This has nothing to do with the stock market, it's to prevent the credit and treasury market from seizing up. The treasury market is not acting well, the spreads between bid/ask is really high...and this is supposed to be the most liquid market in the world.
- resters 7y agoLack of liquidity is just firms stubbornly trying to force this kind of move to happen. Yes, marking down prices based on actual demand would result in a financial loss for some firms (and likely insolvency due to lax underwriting requirements), but there are also winners in that scenario who should be rewarded for anticipating the future.