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Leveraged Upside and
Downside for Goldman
Sachs Synthetic
CDO ABACUS-2004-1
Credit default swaps
in the deal

In the end, Goldman Sachs got the
upside and the counterparties got the downside.
Goldman Sachs negotiated
$806 million from AIG

$2.1

$1.76

million
annually

billion

Downside
loss
$384,000

Upside
payout

$195

annually

million

$510,000
annually

$22.5

$2.3

million

$1.76

$7.5

billion

million

million
annually

$195

million

$22.5
million

$7.5

million

$384,000
$2.1

million
annually

annually

$510,000
annually

$2.3

million
annually