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You do realize that this whole thing came crashing down because of the very lightly (if any) regulated CDO's right?

• byrneseyeview 18y ago
  You don't think the mortgage market had anything to do with it? As far as I know, the problem is not that CDOs trade at a discount to their underlying value; it's that the underlying value has dropped.
  • jbjohns 18y ago
    It's a bit more complicated than that: http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2008/11/11/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boom http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfoli...
    • byrneseyeview 18y ago
      I am pretty sure that was implicit in my comment. I have read the Lewis piece, which is a great way to get an overview from the perspective of the half-dozen folks willing to give Lewis an interview. I'm not saying that this was entirely due to government intervention -- just that the giant tax incentives, aggressive government market manipulation, and $100B+ portfolios long mortgages and short puts created by government agencies.