Comments on: Valuation Explained http://www.marktomarketdebate.com/2009/02/09/valuation-explained/ Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Burns http://www.marktomarketdebate.com/2009/02/09/valuation-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Bob Burns Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:59:50 +0000 http://www.marktomarketdebate.com/?p=540#comment-29 Why not index market value to default rate and adjust quarterly. The rule was meant to prevail in under relatively "normal" conditions. We obviously have a set of extraordinary circumstances, which mark to market tends to exacerbate. Obviously, these financial instruments hold more intrinsic value than they are being compelled to mark to. Let's get "real", as was the spirit behind the mark to market initiative from the beginning. - Bob Burns Why not index market value to default rate and adjust quarterly. The rule was meant to prevail in under relatively “normal” conditions. We obviously have a set of extraordinary circumstances, which mark to market tends to exacerbate. Obviously, these financial instruments hold more intrinsic value than they are being compelled to mark to. Let’s get “real”, as was the spirit behind the mark to market initiative from the beginning.

– Bob Burns

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