Market Bubble in Trouble? Rinse & Repeat
July 24, 2015 9:19 amVideo
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When I was in college, I had this weekly ritual. I’d drive home to my parents’ house every Friday, run inside to say hello, grab some food, and leave several bags of dirty laundry to be picked up the next morning.
One Friday during my sophomore year, though, the music stopped. I set out on my usual “drop and dash,” returning the next day to find my bags of laundry unopened. And there, attached to the washer and dryer, my father had installed token machines. Each token represented a different favor: Cook dinner, clean house, carry on an adult conversation that doesn’t include the words “like” or “dude.”
Since the dawn of higher education, parents everywhere have pondered similar solutions to this age-old problem: How to turn a profit out of doing their college kids’ wash!
Now, according to a June 18 Bloomberg article, the ultimate answer has arrived: Bonds backed by dirty laundry.
What it is: “$400 million of asset-backed securities (ABS) from Alliance Laundry Systems.”
How it works: “The deal is backed by a pool of equipment loans used to finance the purchase of washing machines.” THUS — The more clothes you clean, the bigger the bonds’ payment.
Sound crazy? Well, no crazier than the current surge of other “esoteric ABS” being sold to the market, one’s backed by restaurant franchises, music royalties, or the rights to a 2012 Peanuts cartoon strip.
In fact, according to the Bloomberg article, “Sales of esoteric ABS are now higher than at any point since 2008,” having doubled in the first quarter alone from a year ago — seen here on the following chart (source: JPMorgan estimates):
So, should you be worried?
Well, according to the mainstream experts, the only bubble they see forming here is in the rinse cycle. To wit: Standard & Poor’s expects to assign dirty laundry loans an investment-grade A-rating.
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