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So what's the big deal, you may be wondering. It's not like the oil in the ground is actually someone's bank account and they have lost money.
Oh, but it actually is someone's bank account. You see, those people who own those reserves have gotten loans and issued high interest bonds, using those reserves as collateral.
What happens to a debtor when their collateral loses value? What do you think all those creditors holding those high interest bonds and the paper on all those loans are thinking as they ponder the fact the collateral backing all those bonds has lost $120 trillion in value?
What do you think the investors who bought tranches of derivatives build on all those loans and bonds are thinking?
Yeah.
Let the fun times begin.
So what's the big deal, you may be wondering. It's not like the oil in the ground is actually someone's bank account and they have lost money.
Oh, but it actually is someone's bank account. You see, those people who own those reserves have gotten loans and issued high interest bonds, using those reserves as collateral.
What happens to a debtor when their collateral loses value? What do you think all those creditors holding those high interest bonds and the paper on all those loans are thinking as they ponder the fact the collateral backing all those bonds has lost $120 trillion in value?
What do you think the investors who bought tranches of derivatives build on all those loans and bonds are thinking?
Yeah.
Let the fun times begin.
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