Sunday, August 4, 2024

SECU Loan Losses In " 2Q Came In Lower" .... The Short Version!

 http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/MarkTwain_02.jpg ... Mark Twain.

 ðŸ˜Ž "Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."

 ✅ Anonymous July 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM  7:06 pm fair enough. 2Q came in lower, ...

😎 After "The Longer Version" post this morning [link], the above commenter came back with this:

"Straight lining is a good way to estimate only if the same result is expected for every quarter. It was correctly pointed out back then 2Q losses would be lower, because leading indicators (early term delinquency) had already dropped. So sure enough, net charge-offs dropped 24% in 2Q."

✅ Here are SECU's official stats as certified by SECU's CFO:


 

Well, can't argue with the commenter's claim!  A one hundredth of one percent drop (from 0.70% to 0.69%) is lower - not exactly a plunge,  but "lower" yes, but...

 

  ... +157% of June, 2023 levei - is a "little" higher, wouldn't you agree?