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[–]UncleWillard56 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I'm not a fan of it (and how does that even jibe with Risk Management??), but that's not why they went broke. They went broke because they invested their depositors money in Treasury Bonds, that are usually pretty stable and guarantee a low, but "bankable" return. The the Fed released high-yield T-bonds that tanked their investment income and made them insoluble. That's when the FDIC took over, but they only guarantee $250K on your account. Anything over that, you get fucked. UNLESS, the government bails you out because you're a "systemically critical bank." Ironically, SVB's CEO tried to lobby Congress to allow them to avoid that label and the regulations and money it would cost them to maintain it. Lucky it didn't work as their depositors would be SOL. The price is the tax dollars it'll take to cover their deposits. I guess that's better than a run on banks?

[–]William_World 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

they should be just guaranteed for $250k, that's the rule. We're bailing them all the way out just to be nice. You shouldn't put more than $250 k in a bank, especially a woke one. They should lose all that money past $250k, that would be good because it would make people afraid to put their money in woke banks going forward.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Coffeezilla?

[–]UncleWillard56 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Ding ding ding!! And some other sources, but yeah he did a great summary that I've hijacked to look smart.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Hehe no shame. His breakdown on SVB and Signature was excellent. It was you mentioning the CEO lobbying against being systemically critical that tipped me off.

[–]UncleWillard56 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, he is good. I forget if it was him or someone else that pointed out that Barney Frank of Dodd-Frank fame, is a consultant/lobbyist for Signature. The circle of fraud.