Bei der Deutschen Bank hat man die Absicherungsmöglichkeiten, die einem das shorten bietet, wohl verstanden, und gleich frühzeitig ein paar kluge Köpfe darauf angsetzt.
ZitatDeutsche Bank AG analyst Eugene Xu recognized a financial train wreck in the making two years ago when he predicted ``quite probable'' losses from the least creditworthy home loans in America's runaway property market.
Now Germany's largest bank is poised to reap a bonanza of at least $270 million and as much as $540 million from a strategy that enabled its traders to sell subprime mortgage loans with derivatives contracts that appreciated as the U.S. housing market suffered its worst slump in 16 years.
``It was definitely a good trade,'' said Thomas Radinger, who helps manage about $96 billion at Pioneer Investments in Munich and holds Deutsche Bank shares.
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Quelle: Bloomberg
Derivate haben also doch auch (systemimmanent) gute Seiten. Nämlich als Verlust-"Hedge" - ganz im Sinne der Konstrukteure.