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Is this a good guess as any?

* With-in a week or so uninsured accounts will get 40-60 cents per dollar

* In years when the liquidation process is finished they will have gotten 5-20 cents more in addition per dollar

* Shareholders will get nothing in this scenario

Are there any better guesses or any flaws that makes this guess unresonable?




I dont see why this was downvoted looking at some historical examples:

* IndyMac Bank: In 2008, IndyMac Bank, a large savings and loan association, failed and was taken over by the FDIC. At the time of its failure, IndyMac had $1 billion in uninsured deposits. The FDIC estimated that it would be able to recover only 50 to 80 cents on the dollar from the bank's assets. As a result, the FDIC paid advance on uninsured funds of 50% of the uninsured amount, or $500 million, to the bank's depositors.

* Washington Mutual: In 2008, Washington Mutual, a large bank, failed and was taken over by the FDIC. At the time of its failure, Washington Mutual had $4 billion in uninsured deposits. The FDIC estimated that it would be able to recover only 30 to 50 cents on the dollar from the bank's assets. As a result, the FDIC paid advance on uninsured funds of 30% of the uninsured amount, or $1.2 billion, to the bank's depositors.

* First National Bank of Nevada: In 2008, the First National Bank of Nevada failed and was taken over by the FDIC. At the time of its failure, the bank had $200 million in uninsured deposits. The FDIC estimated that it would be able to recover only 90% of the uninsured amount from the bank's assets. As a result, the FDIC paid advance on uninsured funds of 90% of the uninsured amount, or $180 million, to the bank's depositors.

The question basically asks humbly what factors may be special now and are important in this specific case and queries others humbly on how to think about this.




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