sub prime not the end of the world

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    Say a loan of $ 500,000 is made to a borrower, secured by his house.
    Borrower defaults, lender sells house for say $450,000
    Bank records a loss of $ 50,000 which reduces their income that year, maybe causing them to reduce their dividend that year

    2 points to note

    1 The Bank does not lose the whole $ 500,000

    2 The shareholders of the bank wear the $ 50,000

    This happens all the time. If there are a lot of bad loans, then the lenders will take a bigger hit, but this does not drag down the entire world financial system
    of the world.

 
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