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On Legg Mason, Legg Mason has a subsidy name Western asset management, it had invested some of their clients money in SIVs. The Par value is $5.6 Billion dollars, and 2.5 Billion from Citigroup's SIV in Which Citi said it will back. Now we have 3.1 billion LM is liable for it. It has already marked down $600 Million from par, so net exposure is 2.70 B.
Let's say, every mortgage defaulted, and LM can recover 50 cents on a dollar, I expect the max amount of money Legg can lose is 1 Billion, or one year worth of earning.
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Let's say, every mortgage defaulted, and LM can recover 50 cents on a dollar, I expect the max amount of money Legg can lose is 1 Billion, or one year worth of earning.
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China and India are not free market, they are socialist-like woth some market based economy.
China is absolutely a bubble, I have not met a single person who is not bearish on China.