SVB’s Balance-Sheet Time Bomb Was ‘Sitting in Plain Sight,’ Short Seller Says

(Bloomberg) — The problems that triggered SVB Financial Group Inc.’s death spiral were hiding in plain sight in the firm’s earnings reports. Most Read from Bloomberg That’s according to short se...

Looming S&P 500 Bear Case Sees 15% Drop on Fed Balance-Sheet Unwind

(Bloomberg) — Bulls getting comfortable with Federal Reserve rate-hike policy have another threat to contend with, one that a team at Morgan Stanley says has the potential to send stocks to fres...

Balance-Sheet Blowup Reverberates in Crypto Markets

(Bloomberg) — Cryptocurrency prices slid again, particularly tokens associated with Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed FTX empire. There were growing signs that customers of the bankrupt digital-asse...

Inflation Is Mucking Up the Numbers for Fed Balance-Sheet Runoff

(Bloomberg) — Three months after the Federal Reserve stopped reinvesting all of the maturing Treasury securities in its portfolio — allowing $30 billion a month to run off — its hold...

The Fed Is About to Ramp Up Balance-Sheet Shrinkage. It May Get Dicey.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, shown during a postmeeting press conference late last month, has suggested balance-sheet shrinkage may go on for up to 2½ years. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Text size There i...

Fed Minutes Flag Chance of Earlier Hikes, Balance-Sheet Rundown

(Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve officials said a strengthening economy and higher inflation could lead to earlier and faster interest-rate increases than previously expected, with some policy make...