MS takes $9B writedown: Clean-out keyThis is the key fact:
Morgan Stanley said it had about $1.8 billion worth of subprime mortgage exposure left on its books at the end of the quarter on Nov. 30, down from $10.4 billion at Aug. 31.
MS did the worst case scenario writing-off the majority of subprime and getting this out of the way. This is what CM needs to do!
Take the $5B writedown and do a $2B equity issue