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Re:Economist Mohamed El-Erian warns about the risk of 'zombi... by icedchai on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:35PM (#23553370)
It's no worse than startups that went public during the dot com era. At least these bankrupt companies have some operating history and physical assets.
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Re:Economist Mohamed El-Erian warns about the risk of 'zombi... by saint_abroad on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @01:09PM (#23553852)
Dot-com paper companies that had no assets and no revenue also had no debts.

Here, we're talking about the vastly different proposition of raising equity in a company where debts outstrip assets.

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Re:Economist Mohamed El-Erian warns about the risk of 'zombi... by icedchai on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @04:25PM (#23556294)
I understand. If you don't like it, buy puts.
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