http://www.iconoclast-investor.com/2008/11/04/how-much-do-we-owe/ An investment blog that is NOT always part of the herd Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.iconoclast-investor.com/2008/11/04/how-much-do-we-owe/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 David Hall Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:17:47 +0000 http://www.iconoclast-investor.com/?p=814#comment-1160 Our assets are $111 trillion Our GDP $13 trillion Our total debt $50 trillion Net Worth $60 trillion Total Liabilities & New Worth $111 trillion Debt to equity ration 83% Return on assets 12% Borrowing costs after tax about 4% Sources, Standard & Poors Federal reserve flow of Funds Accounts (fye 2005) Perhaps we need more debt to buy more assets to increase our total return on assets!! Are we buying assets or shares of stock when we bail out these companies? Our assets are $111 trillion
Our GDP $13 trillion
Our total debt $50 trillion
Net Worth $60 trillion
Total Liabilities & New Worth $111 trillion
Debt to equity ration 83%
Return on assets 12%
Borrowing costs after tax about 4%
Sources, Standard & Poors Federal reserve flow of Funds Accounts (fye 2005)
Perhaps we need more debt to buy more assets to increase our total return on assets!! Are we buying assets or shares of stock when we bail out these companies?

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