The Three Ways GE Can Survive

If GE Capital were a bank, it would almost certainly be insolvent (GE).

The company has $661 billion of assets and only $53 billion of equity. If its assets were marked-to-market, like those of banks, it is hard to imagine that the losses wouldn't wipe out GE Capital's equity. All it would take would be an 8% writedown--in a global debt collapse in which some assets are now worth pennies on the dollar.

So what happens now?

A few possibilities...

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