Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Why You Care When Good Borrowers Go Bad

Once again CNNMoney.com has the must read article of the day. It hammers away at something we've spotlighted, and what Jaime Dimon the JP Morgan Chase CEO called in his portfolio "terrible." Namely prime borrowers - or those with good credit - defaulting. Why You Care was going to link to our prior post with his quote, but then realized CNNMoney's Les Christie dutifully included the Dimon quote. So just go read his good work.

Here why you care: If good borrowers are defaulting, it just means that much longer before we stabilize the housing market, and the financial sector on Wall Street that is pulling down the value of your 401k.