Pent up demand

Nixing 'Mark to Market' Won't Solve the Problem

I agree that Lehman, Wachovia, et.al. would probably have failed even under looser accounting rules. However, I think at this point we have to give cashflow positive financials a bit of breathing room. Let private capital gamble on whether the higher marks are correct or not. It serves nobody but the vultures to force an otherwise going concern to mark their stuff at the price of the most distressed player in the industry.