What would happen to the company if this happened in real life?
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kensterz — 11 years ago(June 12, 2014 09:33 AM)
If the company/situation was real and they did what they did in the movie, what would have most likely happened to the company after the ending of the movie?
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dyingearth — 11 years ago(July 18, 2014 09:14 AM)
What would happen? It happened in real life. Goldman Sachs saw the writing on the wall well ahead of the crowd to the MBS market in 2006, and quietly liquidated their position and got out of the market. By 2007, they're practically the only investment bank not directly impacted by the market meltdown. And as the CEO of this film said, there is a lot of money to be made from all of this.
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Mark_Baum_jr — 10 years ago(September 25, 2015 10:27 PM)
They sold $5 billion in preferred stock to Warren Buffet, and they got another $19 billion laundered through the AIG bailout. I'd say they had a problem.
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android_movie — 10 years ago(February 02, 2016 07:10 PM)
And on top of that, Goldman Sachs was given billions of loans when the stock market was at an absolute bottom and made a killing, only to have to pay back the loan with very low interest all thanks to Secretary of Treasury - Hank Paulson - ex-CEO of Goldman Sachs.
So you see, no feds would lock on their door and they would be handsomely rewarded. It's about what you know and whom you know.
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GuyOnTheLeft — 11 years ago(August 17, 2014 06:37 PM)
They would be seen as a great place to invest money because they were ahead of the pack.
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