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Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by AlexandrB on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:15PM (#22594742)
Wait until there are mass defaults because of the loss of income.
Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by blobbers on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:33PM (#22595021)
It's going to be the financial crisis all over again.

Ppl default on loans because they lack cash flow

banks didn't account for this with lax lending standards

banks go bankrupt but TARP style program bails out banks

hopefully people stay in their homes ...somehow. (some kind of mortgage payment moratorium?)

Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by vsareto on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:43PM (#22595169)
>banks didn't account for this with lax lending standards

Pretty sure the ratings fraud got fixed. Also pretty sure they didn't just go back to handing loans out to anyone with a pulse. I'm sure there's some crazy intricate financial instruments made up of dogshit still around, but it's probably going to be a smaller percentage of the bank's balance sheet.

Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by a_t48 on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:38PM (#22595090)
We need a mortgage and rent payment moratorium nationwide if the majority of the country is expected to just stop working.
Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by KaoruAoiShiho on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:36PM (#22595068)
Banks are fine now dude, it's nothing like 08.
Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by blobbers on Monday March 16, 2020 @05:11PM (#22597870)
Just wait.

Canadian banks have been hit hard due to falling oil prices and expected resultant bankruptcies.

American banks will get hit by rising unemployment.

Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by KaoruAoiShiho on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:25PM (#22594910)
Companies and banks are healthier and more asset rich than they have been for decades.
Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by AlexandrB on Monday March 16, 2020 @01:40PM (#22595117)
Some companies are, some are not. Many have been juicing their stock price with stock buybacks at the expense of cash reserves (see Boeing).
Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by KaoruAoiShiho on Monday March 16, 2020 @02:37PM (#22595862)
Boeing has nothing to do with the current situation and it's not really under any more pressure presently even if there is a temporary downturn.
Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by AlexandrB on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:53PM (#22597614)
That’s an odd assertion considering how much the airline industry is going to hurt for the next 6+ months. I’m sure both Boeing and Airbus will see a drop in orders as their customers teeter on the edge of bankruptcy.
Re:2020 Stock Market Crash by KaoruAoiShiho on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:57PM (#22597670)
Could be wrong, but my understanding is that the aircraft industry is supply not demand constrained.