SVB to be Bailed Out with Zelensky’s Money

 

Apparently, FDIC now covers 100% of everything, based on adjective-ridden criteria.  So no more rule of law, no more contracts, we’re all on the hook when a Friend Of Joe is inconvenienced, and the taxpayer is for some reason supposed to foot the bill.

Zelensky hardest hit.

I’ll see if I can find where I complained about Obama’s nationalization of Chrysler and GM. Note — it looks different here than it does in Venezuela.

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  1. BDB Inactive
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  2. BDB Inactive
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    Once again, the “full faith and credit” clause will be used to compel the taxpayer while giving the administration a blank check. 

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  3. BDB Inactive
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    From a treasury.gov press release:

    https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1337

    After receiving a recommendation from the boards of the FDIC and the Federal Reserve, and consulting with the President, Secretary Yellen approved actions enabling the FDIC to complete its resolution of Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California, in a manner that fully protects all depositors. Depositors will have access to all of their money starting Monday, March 13. No losses associated with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank will be borne by the taxpayer.

    We are also announcing a similar systemic risk exception for Signature Bank, New York, New York, which was closed today by its state chartering authority.

    Even assuming that the part I bolded is trivially true — say, a restructuring to be paid for by the beneficiaries — the real systemic risk here is moral hazard.   Once again, bad decisions are bailed out, which has the exact effect of pricing good decisions out of the market.  The minor, trivial price may not be paid by taxpayers, as the government still has cards to hide the nut under.  Soon enough, it becomes one-card Monty, and they just punch us in the face then run off with the money.

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  4. Percival Thatcher
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    Is the Big Guy still getting his 10%?

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  5. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    The utter and complete corruption of the Republic. 

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  6. Ekosj Member
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    Healthy markets require a balance of greed and fear.   Too little fear just encourages banks to do dumb things.   Deposit insurance causes bank customers to suspend any critical faculties regarding the safety of the bank they choose.  

     

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  7. DonG (CAGW is a Scam) Coolidge
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    I did dig into this.  The FDIC has a bailout fund that was started after 2008.   All banks pay a fee based on total liabilities (times a risk factor).   That fund has enough money to cover all the depositors of SVB and Republic bank.   Surprisingly, no tax-payer funds.  

    Now the Fed loan program to all other banks is a subsidy for sure and will likely result in some money printing.

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  8. Ekosj Member
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    I’m reading that the “special facility” allows troubled banks to post  US Treasury securities  at face value  as collateral for loans from the Fed.   So low coupon , long term Treasuries worth 80 cents on the dollar can be used to borrow the full face amount.   The Fed is basically just creating money and handing it out.    MMT at work.

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  9. Ekosj Member
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    Per FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg…

    The current interest rate environment has had dramatic effects on the profitability and risk profile of banks’ funding and investment strategies. First, as a result of the higher interest rates, longer term maturity assets acquired by banks when interest rates were lower are now worth less than their face values. The result is that most banks have some amount of unrealized losses on securities. The total of these unrealized losses, including securities that are available for sale or held to maturity, was about $620 billion at yearend 2022. Unrealized losses on securities have meaningfully reduced the reported equity capital of the banking industry.

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  10. Percival Thatcher
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    Are there any banks with an ESG score of 0? Someone who lends to frackers, tar sands extractors, and discount firearms stores? That might be an underserved market.

    “X Years of financial stability and making Klaus Schwab cry in his Kartoffelsuppe.”

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  11. DonG (CAGW is a Scam) Coolidge
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    Ekosj (View Comment):

    I’m reading that the “special facility” allows troubled banks to post US Treasury securities at face value as collateral for loans from the Fed. So low coupon , long term Treasuries worth 80 cents on the dollar can be used to borrow the full face amount. The Fed is basically just creating money and handing it out. MMT at work.

    Also, they are allowed to have 100% margin.  Which I think means banks can borrow twice the mature value of the bonds (any govt. or psuedo-govt debt).   If a mortgage backed security is worth half its value, then banks can borrow at 4X the market value, which is generous.   The interest rate is 10bp above 1 year Tbill (4.4%+0.1%), which is better than any rate a bank can borrow at on the market.   This kicks the can of zombie banks down the road for a year.  Giving banks below market rate loans is a way the Fed has been subsidizing banks for decades.  Zombie banks are very bad for a countries productivity, since they lock capital in failing ventures.

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  12. Ekosj Member
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    Percival (View Comment):

    Are there any banks with an ESG score of 0? Someone who lends to frackers, tar sands extractors, and discount firearms stores? That might be an underserved market.

    “X Years of financial stability and making Klaus Schwab cry in his Kartoffelsuppe.”

    Not a bank but there is The Vice Fund…ticker symbol VICEX     A US mutual fund.
    They invest in Booze, Butts, Bets & Bullets

     

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  13. Randy Weivoda Moderator
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    Percival (View Comment):

    Are there any banks with an ESG score of 0? Someone who lends to frackers, tar sands extractors, and discount firearms stores? That might be an underserved market.

    “X Years of financial stability and making Klaus Schwab cry in his Kartoffelsuppe.”

    First Bank of Percival.  I like it!

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  14. GlennAmurgis Coolidge
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    No – it will be the taxpayers and our children’s children who will be paying for this Administration.

    This will not stop Biden from spending.  

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  15. Metalheaddoc Member
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    FDIC is supposed to be called at 250k. Now the Treasury has waived that limit and will ensure all the deposits. However, that creates a two tier system of favoritism just like with Justice. SVB got this deal because they are the “right” people. If it was…say… the Community Bank of East Palenstine, OH, then the 250k cap would have been enforced. The laws and regulations mean nothing as long as the Fed can just waive them at a whim for their favorite people.

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  16. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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  17. Ernst Rabbit von Hasenpfeffer Member
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

     

    Is this happening somewhere right now?

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  18. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    Ernst Rabbit von Hasenpfeffer (View Comment):

    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):

     

    Is this happening somewhere right now?

    Just sayin’

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  19. GlennAmurgis Coolidge
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    I wonder how many of the bailed-out depositors of SVB will own (or currently own) a Hunter Biden original painting? 

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  20. GlennAmurgis Coolidge
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    I was listening to Hugh Hewitt this morning – there are rumors that Gov Brylcreem out of CA  (Newsom) had three businesses that had large deposits in this bank, and he lobbied Burima Joe for the bail out.

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  21. Percival Thatcher
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    GlennAmurgis (View Comment):

    I wonder how many of the bailed-out depositors of SVB will own (or currently own) a Hunter Biden original painting?

    That’s brilliant! Pay them off in collectible art!

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  22. BDB Inactive
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    Percival (View Comment):

    GlennAmurgis (View Comment):

    I wonder how many of the bailed-out depositors of SVB will own (or currently own) a Hunter Biden original painting?

    That’s brilliant! Pay them off in collectible art!

    It’s quite valuable, you know.

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  23. GlennAmurgis Coolidge
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    Here is what these executives were focused on rather than fiscal responsibilities.

    Tucker Carlson takes a look at what execs at collapsed banks were focusing on (this is unreal!) – twitchy.com

    We have to kill the ESG movement. 

     

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  24. DonG (CAGW is a Scam) Coolidge
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    GlennAmurgis (View Comment):

    I was listening to Hugh Hewitt this morning – there are rumors that Gov Brylcreem out of CA (Newsom) had three businesses that had large deposits in this bank, and he lobbied Burima Joe for the bail out.

    which is illegal in CA.

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  25. GlennAmurgis Coolidge
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    Here is more on SVB

     

    SVB Pledged Nearly $74 Million To Black Lives Matter Causes (thefederalist.com)

    Do you think they will give it back to help out their old donors?

     

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  26. DonG (CAGW is a Scam) Coolidge
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    GlennAmurgis (View Comment):

    Here is more on SVB

     

    SVB Pledged Nearly $74 Million To Black Lives Matter Causes (thefederalist.com)

    Do you think they will give it back to help out their old donors?

     

    A small amount compared with the bailout.   That $74M was a wise investment with Biden choosing who gets bailed out and not.   Why spend money on hedging investments, risk analysis, and economic forecasts;  when you can just buy woke points from the Uncle Sam?

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  27. kedavis Coolidge
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    DonG (CAGW is a Scam) (View Comment):

    GlennAmurgis (View Comment):

    Here is more on SVB

     

    SVB Pledged Nearly $74 Million To Black Lives Matter Causes (thefederalist.com)

    Do you think they will give it back to help out their old donors?

     

    A small amount compared with the bailout. That $74M was a wise investment with Biden choosing who gets bailed out and not. Why spend money on hedging investments, risk analysis, and economic forecasts; when you can just buy woke points from the Uncle Sam?

    You mean Uncle Joe.

    “And that’s Uncle Joe, he’s a movin’ kinda slow, at the White House.”

     

     

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  28. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/03/15/former_treasury_official_bailout_is_in_the_eye_of_the_beholder_but_biden_is_effectively_nationalizing_the_banks.html

     

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  29. DonG (CAGW is a Scam) Coolidge
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    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/03/15/former_treasury_official_bailout_is_in_the_eye_of_the_beholder_but_biden_is_effectively_nationalizing_the_banks.html

    nationalizing the downside, am-i-right?

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  30. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    DonG (CAGW is a Scam) (View Comment):

    Bryan G. Stephens (View Comment):
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/03/15/former_treasury_official_bailout_is_in_the_eye_of_the_beholder_but_biden_is_effectively_nationalizing_the_banks.html

    nationalizing the downside, am-i-right?

    Yep.

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