NFI is a good example of how financial leverage can take a company down. It was over 100 and now a bankruptcy is likely.
Take a look at FNM, FRE, CFC or WM. Each have enormous financial leverage. Each is dropping fast. Each could easily go bankrupt if the Fed is not accommodative.
Now I still expect the Fed to come to the rescue but they need to act fast. Here are some other symptoms of the problem:
- Rising Libor
- Fed repos $47B highest since 9/11
- CP continues to decline - think this is the 14th consecutive week
- the treasury YC (except 30 yr) is under the FFR
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There are times when rules and precedents cannot be broken; others when they cannot be adhered to with safety. (Thomas Joplin)