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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Buying big banks bonanza
Today's result after big banks discount. Did the collapse of SVB had a contribution to the overall downfall of the banking sector or it was only the CPI and PMI strong numbers that played a major role?
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank, reason behind the default
Silicon Valley Bank is the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis. The primary reason for the failure of SVB was their choice to invest their customers' deposits in treasury bonds, which are highly impacted by shifts in interest rates.
It bought government bonds with fixed interest rates and as the Fed raised rates, those bonds lost value. Silicon Valley Bank had $80 billion in bonds with an average yield of 1.5%. No one wants bonds yielding 1.5% when the current market is selling bonds with yields over 5%.
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