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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by ButtSpark69 on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:03AM (#29184921)
How sure are you their assets are really worth 2T? Isn't that a lot of the question here?
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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by throwaway2037 on Thursday November 11, 2021 @02:21AM (#29185339)
You are right to ask that question. Generally, real estate is considered a low liquidity asset. I wonder how much their real estate assets are discounted during buy-side analysis.

From Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergrande_Group), I looked at the source for total assets: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/3333.HK/balance-sheet?p=3333...

At end of 2020: Total assets: 2.3T CNY -> 359B USD (@ 6.40 CNY/USD) Total debt : 0.7T CNY -> 109B USD (@ 6.40 CNY/USD)

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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by oarabbus_ on Thursday November 11, 2021 @02:54AM (#29185527)
Well, we can be reasonably confident their assets will not be worth $2T if they have to fire sale them
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Re:Evergrande teeters on edge of default as $148M payment fa... by _0ffh on Thursday November 11, 2021 @07:53AM (#29187362)
As it seems like virtually all buying in this market comes from developers and investors hoping to sell at a higher price later, they'll probably be lucky to get a fraction of that.
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