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| QuirtEvans | Jul 22 2009, 05:29 PM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072202980.html?hpid=topnews |
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| Steve Miller | Jul 22 2009, 08:25 PM Post #2 |
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Bull-Carp
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I can haz my retirement back? |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 23 2009, 01:49 AM Post #3 |
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Cheers
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Interesting stuff. I'm curious how the JPM warrants will be priced. |
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| Mikhailoh | Jul 23 2009, 02:54 AM Post #4 |
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Very interesting. I have to confess I am not exactly sure how all this works. The article says Goldman paid back 10 billion last month, so are the warrants over and above that, something separate? Exactly how much did the institutions receive and how much must they pay back? |
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| QuirtEvans | Jul 23 2009, 03:36 AM Post #5 |
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As I understand it, the warrants are over and above what was paid back last month. The warrants were the government's kicker ... in effect, if the banks turned very profitable, the warrants were the way the government would earn extra profit, given that the government was taking risk on the downside of bankruptcy. Warrants are a common way to compensate an investor who is buying into a risky situation. I'm doing a deal right now where each share purchased is accompanied by one warrant. The value of the warrants depends on a lot of things ... the exercise price relative to the current price of the stock, how long the warrants survive, etc. But, when tied to the purchase of shares of common stock, warrants are typically thought of as a "kicker" ... a sweetener for the investor if the stock does very well. |
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| Mikhailoh | Jul 23 2009, 03:55 AM Post #6 |
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OK.. so it is a version of a call added as incentive for, in this case, the taxpayer. Thanks, Quirt. |
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| Jeff | Jul 23 2009, 10:06 AM Post #7 |
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Senior Carp
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Good for Goldman for paying. Seems the TARP was good for the Treasury, and good for the country. Not hardly a "bailout" a la the UAW-GM, now was it? |
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| Jeff | Jul 23 2009, 10:08 AM Post #8 |
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Yes, a long-term stock call option is a good analogy, as an additional financial benefit to the taxpayer, above and beyond the interest rate on the original loan. |
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| QuirtEvans | Jul 23 2009, 10:17 AM Post #9 |
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Well, let's be fair, Jeffrey. This was probably the best-case scenario. I doubt that every single TARP recipient is going to perform quite as well. Some of the So let's do a blended average of the annualized returns on all the TARP funds before we make statements like that. |
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