The used-car market’s hot streak may be ending as borrowers struggle to make payments and regulators say some auto lenders are “setting up consumers to fail.”

  • Bernie Ecclestoned
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    010 months ago

    Not really, a higher default risk has to pay a higher return because of higher defaults. It’s priced in.

    • @KoboldCoterie
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      1310 months ago

      Sure, and why wouldn’t they assume higher risk? The government will just bail them out if they lose those bets.

    • @AttackBunny@lemmy.world
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      110 months ago

      And then they default, and the loan holder is surprise pikachu face because who could have ever anticipated a subprime loan defaulting. Or worse who could have ever anticipated many of them doing it when the economy takes a minor downturn? It’s a gamble that they aren’t required to prepare for, and then they turn and stick their hand out for a bailout once the inevitable happens