this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2024
130 points (97.8% liked)

Economics

441 readers
4 users here now

founded 1 year ago
130
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover has ended up as the worst buyout deal for banks since the financial crisis (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/economics@lemmy.world
23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
  • Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition ended up being the worst financing deal for banks since 2008, the WSJ said.
  • The $13 billion in loans Musk took out have been stuck on banks' balance sheets.
  • The loans have cut into pay for bankers and lenders' ability to finance other deals, the Journal reported.
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh won't someone think of the banks /s

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry, it's not their money they're playing with!

[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 1 points 2 months ago

Really, thanks to the superpower they have of using money that doesn't even exist (Think you could make money if you could make money out of thin air?) it almost isn't anyone's money.

Except when the bill comes due, then it's the taxpayer's money. The middle class didn't need that money anyway.