Marks describes buying senior debt at 15-20% yields where company could fall 75% without loss.
“these great buyout firms bought a company for $4,000,000,000 and now we are we can buy the senior most debt at a yield of, I don't know, let's say 15 or 20%, such that if the company ends up being re worth $1,000,000,000 we won't lose any money.”
Marks bought senior debt at prices profitable even if companies worth one-fifth of buyout valuations.
“we were buying the senior most debt of these companies at prices such that if these companies ended up being worth a third or a quarter or a fifth of what these great buyout firms had bought them for a year or two ago, we would be okay.”