Noch ein Link Asia Times online
ZitatAs a result, no one can move the paper off their books. Last week, a European financial institution sold a AAA tranche at a price of 78, forcing it to assume a huge writeoff. This means that lower-rated tranches will result in even larger discounts. With more than US$230 trillion in open derivative contracts, much of it in the form of collateralized obligations, the global financial system is bracing for massive writeoffs. It is for this reason that credit evaporated.
Banks are slashing lines of credit, paring back trading positions and refusing to roll over commercial-paper obligations because they must husband their cash. That is why a 50-basis-point cut or a 400-basis-point reduction in Fed Funds will not do anything to restore confidence. It is also the reason the markets will panic the day after the Fed's hand is forced on September 18, when they realize that financial institutions will still be unable to move the collateralized derivative structures off their books.
Da war doch noch was mit gigantischen Marktwetten gegen Ende September.