Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:First Republic stock is down 75% in a day and has been halted.
Western Alliance's down 84%, while PacWest Bancorp and Zions Bank Corporation has declined more than 40%. Regional banks are getting hammered over concerns of a contagion.
This ain't over.
It’s not contagion. It’s the very rationale realization that these equities were grossly overvalued last week in light of these banks’ large unrealized losses. They won’t go bust, but they will only eek out meager profits as they wait for their UST and MBS portfolios to run off.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:First Republic stock is down 75% in a day and has been halted.
Western Alliance's down 84%, while PacWest Bancorp and Zions Bank Corporation has declined more than 40%. Regional banks are getting hammered over concerns of a contagion.
This ain't over.
It’s not contagion. It’s the very rationale realization that these equities were grossly overvalued last week in light of these banks’ large unrealized losses. They won’t go bust, but they will only eek out meager profits as they wait for their UST and MBS portfolios to run off.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oh, please! Blaming Boomers now.
Five causes of inflation are the following:
increased government spending.
increased money supply.
increase in production costs.
increase in aggregate demand.
workers bargaining for higher nominal wages.
Cause #1: always simple-minded and now senile boomers needing to convince themselves that the ‘threats’ of yesteryears’ are still real.
Why do you hold your fellow citizens in such contempt?
It is not a good look.
I hold people in contempt who make a point of slavish loyalty to evil and that includes your lot of inflation simpletons. The issues in consumer prices are almost entirely about bad consolidation (aka crappy regulation) leading to monopoly pricing power. This is easy to understand, since the generalized price level changes look very different than those in these industries where prices have gone parabolic.
Consumer prices leapt up, while corporate profits skyrocketed. Connect the dots and it points to profiteering. Corporates gleefully went on that ride, driving inflation higher and higher.
Anonymous wrote:First Republic stock is down 75% in a day and has been halted.
Western Alliance's down 84%, while PacWest Bancorp and Zions Bank Corporation has declined more than 40%. Regional banks are getting hammered over concerns of a contagion.
This ain't over.
Anonymous wrote:Last time I checked the FDIC insurance fund is $125 billion. Once First Republic, Regions and many other regional banks fail that insurance fund will be exhausted.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Last time I checked the FDIC insurance fund is $125 billion. Once First Republic, Regions and many other regional banks fail that insurance fund will be exhausted.
They won’t fail due to a deposit run.
The equity investors have finally realized that these unrealized losses mean very low returns on equity for these banks for the next 5-7 years. The banks can’t reallocate their assets into higher yield because it would mean realizing large losses. They will just need to run off their portfolio and be a boring low profit bank. That sucks for equity holders and anyone hoping to get a bonus. But it’s fine for depositors and anyone who wants a loan from the bank.
Equity holders are taking the hit. Nature is healing.
Anonymous wrote:Last time I checked the FDIC insurance fund is $125 billion. Once First Republic, Regions and many other regional banks fail that insurance fund will be exhausted.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol. what a total disaster. so basically today the feds announced that the $250k limit doesn't actually exist and the entirety of monies on deposit in the US are guaranteed by the feds.
Biden is an idiot for allowing this. If the GOP was not an insane party right now I would not vote for Biden again.
No, other banks bailed out the depositors, not taxpayers. As it should be. Maybe they'll all take risk a little more seriously.
I'm just an average American who doesn't really understand what's happening. Please help me understand. The $250k limit doesn't apply; all deposits are covered. Who is covering the amounts over $250K? And why shouldn't I feel like it's a "bailout" that protects rich bank execs?
The money is coming from other banks and from the proceeds of the auction...this in total is a very shrewd move by the administraton. Secure the depositors but screw the bond holders. The overall negative impact will be minimal.
except those bonds are held by other banks... whoops
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol. what a total disaster. so basically today the feds announced that the $250k limit doesn't actually exist and the entirety of monies on deposit in the US are guaranteed by the feds.
Biden is an idiot for allowing this. If the GOP was not an insane party right now I would not vote for Biden again.
No, other banks bailed out the depositors, not taxpayers. As it should be. Maybe they'll all take risk a little more seriously.
I'm just an average American who doesn't really understand what's happening. Please help me understand. The $250k limit doesn't apply; all deposits are covered. Who is covering the amounts over $250K? And why shouldn't I feel like it's a "bailout" that protects rich bank execs?
The money is coming from other banks and from the proceeds of the auction...this in total is a very shrewd move by the administraton. Secure the depositors but screw the bond holders. The overall negative impact will be minimal.