I've been at AES all weekend. I'll get back to later today with answers to this.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that the bailout bill has passed, I am wondering how Paulson is going to > evaluate the assets we are going to buy. They keep throwing around "market > value" and "above market value", but my understanding is that most of these > assets have an effective market value of zero right now because no one knows > how to price them. > > So how are they going to determine what market value is? Maureen, anyone > else with financial calculations experience, please chime in. I have no idea > how they will evaluate this stuff, I just have an impression in my head that > they are going to spend months and months unwinding all the derivatives in > these assets. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272604 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
