Sunday, November 18, 2012

Billions in bearer bonds could be lost due to Hurricane Sandy




According to the Post it’s the biggest mystery on Wall Street.  Hurricane Sandy floodwaters inundated a 10,000-square-foot underground vault downtown, soaking 1.3 million bond and stock certificates — including bearer bonds that function like cash — and putting them in danger of turning to mush.

A contractor working for the vault owner, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., is feverishly working to restore the paper.   But the value of the threatened notes under 55 Water St. remains unknown to all but the innermost circle of Wall Street bankers.   One source said $70 billion in bearer bonds were in jeopardy….

Read all about it at http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/sunken_treasure_R1WidDOAwSBvWbYgSIoflJ

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