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Bank Deposits Over the FDIC Limit Are Risky. How to Protect Yourself.
Government regulators took the extraordinary step over the weekend of making whole uninsured depositors at two failed banks, but savers shouldn’t count on similar treatment if other banks fail in the ...
Regional banks are seeing flight of deposits to too-big-to-fail megabanks
The unexpected demise of Signature Bank over the weekend, on the heels of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, ignited a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later reaction among regional-bank investors as cu...
WSJ: Carl Icahn says Grail deal cost Illumina shareholders $50 billion
Shares of Illumina Inc. ILMN, +14.70% were up about 8% in premarket trading on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Carl Icahn is planning a proxy fight. The billionaire activist ...
Western Alliance Bancorp stock set to suffer record selloff of over 60% to 10-year low in wake of SVB collapse
Shares of Western Alliance Bancorp WAL, -74.87% took a 62.4% plunge toward a 10-year low in premarket trading Monday, adding to last week’s tumble in the wake of the collapse of SVB Financial Group’s ...
Pfizer to purchase Seagen in $43 billion all-cash deal, cancer biotech’s stock pops 20%
Pfizer Inc. PFE, -0.18% plans to acquire cancer biotechnology company Seagen Inc. SGEN, -0.59% in a deal with a $43 billion enterprise value, the companies announced Monday morning. Pfizer intends to ...
Hercules Capital said it has ‘ample liquidity’ to support requirements, but stock keeps falling
Hercules Capital Inc. HTGC, -11.14% looked to reassure investors on Monday by saying it was working with bondholders, stakeholders and stockholders to “navigate challenges” created by the decision by ...
First Republic, Provention Bio, Roku, Illumina, Boeing, and More Market Movers
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First Republic Bank gets funding boost from Fed, JPMorgan
First Republic Bank FRC, -14.84% said Sunday it had bolstered its financial position through “additional liquidity” from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, +2.54%. In a statement, t...
Did the Fed plant the seeds of destruction of Silicon Valley Bank?
Were the seeds of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse planted by the Federal Reserve’s rapid rate increases? That is one of the debates ranging online over the weekend. Michael Green, chief strategist and ...
Treasury, Fed and FDIC joint statement on SVB and Signature Bank: full text
U.S. financial regulators on Sunday said Silicon Valley Bank SIVB, -60.41% depositors would have access to “all their money” starting Monday and that no losses associated with the bank’s resolution wo...
SVB collapse means more stock-market volatility: What investors need to know
It’s all eyes on federal banking regulators as investors sift through the aftermath of last week’s market-rattling collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The name of the game — and the key to a near-term ma...
No Bailout for SVB. Here’s What to Expect.
The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week segued into an anxious weekend for depositors, as start-ups and Wall Street fretted about the regulatory response to the largest bank failure since...
As Silicon Valley Bank concerns grow, Yellen says she has been ‘working all weekend with our banking regulators to design appropriate policies’ to address depositors
“‘I’ve been working all weekend with our banking regulators to design appropriate policies to address the situation.’” — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen That is Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaki...
How Wind Can Power the Planet and Aid GE Stock
The puffs of air that sway the grass on a summer’s day, the result of the uneven heating of the earth and its rotation, are one key to reducing humanity’s dependence on fossil fuels. Wind could be key...
This Energy Stock Is Rocketing. Its Chairman Just Bought Shares.
Transocean stock has been on a tear, to the point where many investors would think about taking some money off the table. But Chairman Chad Deaton just bought more shares of the offshore-drilling comp...
Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker cashed out $2 million just before the collapse
The chief executive of Silicon Valley Bank SIVB, -60.41% cashed out stock and options for a $2.27 million net gain in the weeks before Friday’s collapse, public filings show. CEO Greg Becker exercised...
Hedge funds and banks offer to buy deposits trapped at Silicon Valley Bank
Hedge funds are offering to buy startup deposits at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) for as little as 60 cents on the dollar, Semafor reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. Bids range ...
After Silicon Valley Bank Fails, Tech Startups Race to Meet Payroll
Tech startups and other businesses raced to line up sources of cash for payroll and other immediate needs after their deposits in Silicon Valley Bank, long a linchpin of tech financing, were locked up...
Opinion: The only market forecast that should matter to stock investors: When does the Fed decide that higher inflation is OK?
By this time last year, every stock market forecast made for 2022 was wrong. The U.S. stock market peaked on the first trading day of 2022 and went downhill from there. This year, every forecast made ...
What happened to Silvergate Capital? And why does it matter?
Silvergate Capital SI, -11.27% served as one of the main banks for the crypto industry, prior to its collapse earlier this week. The news came just a week after the firm delayed its annual report to t...
Stablecoin USDC falls below $1, faces $3.3 billion exposure to Silicon Valley Bank
USDC, a stablecoin that is supposed to trade one-to-one against U.S. dollars, has fallen below $1 on Saturday, after creator Circle said it had over $3.3 billion held at Silicon Valley Bank, which col...
“The government has about 48 hours to fix a-soon-to-be-irreversible mistake”: Bill Ackman warns some businesses may not be able to meet payroll after SVB’s failure
“The government has about 48 hours to fix a-soon-to-be-irreversible mistake. By allowingSVB Financial to fail without protecting all depositors, the world has woken up to what an uninsured deposit is ...
Silicon Valley Bank staff offered 45 days of work at 1.5 times salary by FDIC
Staff of Silicon Valley Bank were offered 45 days of employment at 1.5 times their salary by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the regulator that took control of the collapsed lender on Friday, Reut...
KBW recommends buying these 11 financial stocks, including First Republic, following federal backstop for banks
On a Monday following high-profile bank failures on Friday and Sunday, it may seem to be a strange time to recommend buying stocks of banks and other financial services companies, but Keefe, Bruyette ...