RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:CC --HC confident of alternate funding solutions
The issues for the company as noted by Hibben lays on the Right hand side of the Balance Sheet. The assets aren't in question- despite all the protestations of the big Short- he is all hot air and is scaring people into believing his thesis. They have been effective in scaring depositors away from the company. so this discussion about the BV being X based on the assets being discounted. The assets are fine. However, if the company can't find alternate sources of capital less than 22 % to replace the Hoop LOC then the company will be forced to sell either more mortgages and or non core assets at a discount. They were forced to take the exhortibant credit card rate LOC because they had no time as the savings depositors were litteraly running out the door with their cash. Now they have bought more time to find cheaper sources, but their imargin is all screwed up- i.e they are borrowing at 22 and lending out at 3 or 4 when they formerly were borrowing at 1.5 to 2 %. they can sustain themselves if they don't fix the right hand side of the balance sheet. Can they find any other lenders who will lend them at normal commercial rates? Can they rebuild depositor trust and earn back some deposit money> Will GIC's flock out the door? Barbara Eprile said on BNN today that they are offering higher rates to depositors. I haven't seen any ads promoting this yet. They need to do more advertising to assuage depositors fears. If they can win back some savers, then the company will live through any other noise that is going on.