Lets see. Countrywide just got $11.5 billion in financing from 40 banks.
Some questions I would ask are:
1) How much do they have in cash total including the $11.5 billion?
2) How much do they loan out each month?
3) How much are they able to sell on the secondary market?
4) At this rate, how long can they last as a going concern?
5) What did they do the shrink their business as the secondary market seizes up? They have 62,500 employees, up nearly 10% from last year.
It’s clear the secondary market is not accepting junk loans anymore. That means that CFC has to underwrite quality loans in order to sell them (and perhaps include buyback covenants in case of default). That will mean they’ll have much less business. Unless we hear of large lay-offs, I don’t think that Countrywide can make it. They need to shrink their cost structure first and foremost.
