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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 ...
Bank of America Has Biggest Losses in Bond Portfolio Among Peers
Bank of America is sitting on the largest losses among the country’s biggest banks in a key portion of its bond portfolio. Bank of America (ticker: BAC), like other banks, invests in Treasury securiti...
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...
Football star Terrell Owens said these are some of ‘the most idiotic’ purchases we can make. Pros say avoiding those kinds of expense traps could save you big bucks
During his NFL career, Terrell Owens says he “got sucked into wanting to be like everybody else, the guys with the Mercedes and all the flashy cars and jewelry.” Getty Images for PBABowleroCorp Former...
I plan to retire at 62. I get $1,500 a month in rental income and have $200,000 in savings. Should I get a financial adviser to help me?
I’m not sure what to do with my savings. How might a financial adviser help me? Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I am planning to retire at 62. I have $200,000 in savings, and I have a paid off rent...
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...
First Republic Says Everything Is Fine. Why the Stock Market Is Worried.
First Republic Bank worked to reassure clients about the safety of its business Sunday evening after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week sparked fears of contagion in the banking industry. “...
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...
What’s next for stocks after SVB collapse and as crucial inflation reading looms
Investors are preparing for the release of a U.S. consumer-price index that may show no meaningful letup in inflation, leaving few safe places to hide just as systemic risks may be growing. Coming jus...
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...
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...
How SVB Was Doomed By a Bad Bet on Mortgage Securities and the Fed’s Rate Hikes
The demise of Silicon Valley Bank wasn’t driven by credit problems but by an old-fashioned mismatch of assets and liabilities that doomed many thrifts back in the 1970s. California regulators seized S...
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...
Stocks Will Struggle to Beat 5% Treasurys, Strategists Say. And What the Heck Is ‘Out-Dexing?’
A top Wall Street forecaster told me how to beat the stock market from here: Buy a Treasury bill. I would leak the tip on Reddit, but I’m not sure how many moon rocket emojis to use. A six-month Treas...
“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...
Silicon Valley Bank failed for one simple reason: its key startup clients lost faith.
Silicon Valley Bank SIVB, -60.41%, a 40-year-old bank at the heart of the valley’s ecosystem, was forced to shutter Friday after its core depositors — many of them startup companies — took out $42 bil...
Where Were the Regulators as SVB Crashed?
Silicon Valley Bank’s failure boils down to a simple misstep: It grew too fast using borrowed short-term money from depositors who could ask to be repaid at any time, and invested it in long-term asse...
American Express and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends
American Express Oracle and Johnson Controls were among the large U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. It was a fairly light week for such announcements, with earnings season hav...
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 ...