SocGen profit almost wiped out by $2 billion charge on subprime loans

Discussion in 'Stocks' started by ASusilovic, Jan 13, 2010.

  1. LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares in Societe Generale sank as much as 6% Wednesday after the French bank warned that it would take another 1.4 billion euros ($2.02 billion) of charges on risky mortgage assets, virtually wiping out its profit for the fourth quarter.

    In a brief trading update, the bank said it had again marked down the value of its mortgage holdings to reflect rising loss rates on both prime and subprime loans.

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    Oh yes, US banks are living in a dream world. Dream, dream, dream...
     
  2. Are they sure it wasn't another rogue trader instead of bad loans :cool: