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...program, invested $25 billion in Citigroup. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said he will do everything to protect that and other taxpayer investments. Paulson agreed to invest more money in AIG to keep that insurance company alive. So there is reason to believe he would do it again with Citi...
...There are a number of things the government can do to help Citigroup stay afloat. Perhaps the lowest cost solution would be for the government to guarantee some or all of Citi's debts. That would entail no initial outlay of funds. And with many analysts saying that Citi's books are fundamentally sound, this could be the way to go. With a guarantee Citi would not be forced to sell its assets at a discount, if any of the bank's creditors or trading partners want their money back. That would save Citi from having to write down...
...Next, the government could suspend trading in the credit default swaps on Citigroup's debt. The price of those contracts, which pay out if Citi goes bankrupt, have been rising recently, and that is spooking the stock investors. Without that constant reminder of the increasing chance of Citi going out of business, some observers say the stock would rise...
...Citi has already asked the government to restrict short-selling (where investors borrow stock in hopes that the price will fall) in its shares. Executives hope that getting rid of the people rooting for the firm's demise could relieve some pressure on the company's shares. What's more, to close their positions, short sellers would have to buy the shares they borrowed...
...Again, the stock would probably rally. But the question is, for how long? And none of these moves address the problem that is really holding down Citi's shares. The bank has bad loans, and no one, probably not even the executives at Citi, know just how bad they...