jpm_sux
I am sorry for your 401k and I lost big on this one and I have been on this board for about 18 months.
Now I have one problem with statements like this:
"..........The proposal that was made was simply a shot across the bow. They have to start someplace, especially since they requested a delay, but it was not intended to be the final offer only a starting position.
Of course they are going to slant it as far in their favor as possible. This, they think, gives them the best negotiating position moving forward..........."
This might be initial offer but who is making that initial offer to whom? If the JPM and FDIC was coming out with this offer and offering it to WMI, then I would understand and say that this is initial low offer and WMI's great big pay lawyers will force JPM/FDIC for a much higher settlement. But here all parties WMI/JPM/FDIC came together and agreed on this low offer. This tells me that JPM/FDIC's initial backdoor offer to WMI was even much lower.
Another point about "of course they are going to slant it as far in their favor as possible". Okay this could be true, again, if the offer was only coming from JPM/FDIC. It is benificial to them if the offer is as low as possible. However, how could this favorable to WMI's lawyers to start with a low offer?!?!?! That does not make sense to me. Now since WMI/FDIC/JPM are all agree on this ridicuolus, absolutely ridicuolous offer who is going to "negotiate" with them??!?! Now EC is made part of the settlements to intervene but I am not sure how much power they have on the negotiations.
Our only hope is if EC can get a shareholders meeting and choose a new BOD. That is the only thing which will change the game plan of WMI/FDIC/JPM significantly. AIMHO.
Best
Climber