Stewie

Murky Objectives of the PPIP

"Their stock price will get a bump from the fact that the legacy securities are sold for more than their marked at or worth."

What ? That's a pretty big assumption, and not at all a "fact" as you portray it. If you think the pricing services, used by banks to value illiquid assets, are understating their actual bid price in a true open market than you are an idiot. Participation in this program will more likely lead to an acceleration of larger write downs. Your article is comical and extremely naive.