Jetzt werden nicht nur die Verlustbeträge immer höher, sondern auch die Zeiträume zwischen diesen "Offenbarungen" immer kürzer.
Heute mittag hieß es noch, Citibank habe 500 Millionen Dollar Verluste aus faulen Kredite (# 4049, um 14 Uhr). Jetzt, nur sechs Stunden später, sind es schon 700 Millionen (unten).
Das lädt zu einer Dreisatz-Rechnung ein: Wenn die Verluste innerhalb von 6 Stunden um 200 Mio. wachsen, wie groß sind sie dann bis Jahresende? ;-))
Die gleiche Zuspitzungs-Dramaturgie sehen wir hier zu Lande bei der IKB (# 4076), wo die Verluste von anfänglich "unter 1 Milliarde" über den Zwischenstand von 3,5 Milliarden (Mitte letzter Woche) auf aktuell 7,8 Milliarden Euro angewachsen sind.
Citigroup seen taking $700 million in credit losses By Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch Last Update: 1:52 PM ET Aug 11, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Citigroup Inc. has reportedly lost more than $700 million in credit business in recent weeks, placing the world's biggest financial services firm high on the list of casualties from the market-roiling credit crunch. The losses are not a serious issue for a bank that pocketed more than $20 billion last year. The red ink, however, will be embarrassing for Citigroup's (C) Chairman and CEO Chuck Prince, undermining his efforts to restore investor confidence, according to a report from the Financial Times on Saturday.
Prince told the FT last month that the lending party would end, but with so much liquidity that it wouldn't be disrupted by the U.S. subprime mortgage turmoil. The losses, which are in addition to those Citi faces from lending commitments to leveraged buyouts, were incurred mostly in the structured credit business run by Michael Raynes, who came over from Deutsche Bank in London last summer, the report said.
Shawn Langlois is a reporter for MarketWatch, and the editor of its community message boards. |