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Old 03-08-2009, 12:48 PM   #130
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Originally Posted by alexamenos View Post
Jeffrey Skilling would certainly agree.
ironic you would bring up skilling, the application of mark-to-market was pivotal in enron's ability to inflate their asset values, in that case m2m worked to increase asset values to unrealistic figures. enron would not have been such a train wreck if m2m wasn't applied

the pivotal question is if assest values should refect a value on a single day and time, or a more accurate longer term view.
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