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Comment by treis

I don't understand why people are blowing this out of proportion. SVB had $100 billion of securities that are now worth about 70-80 billion. That plus short term securities means they've got $100 billion liquid against $170 billion in deposits. So ~60% of deposits are coming on Monday.

They've got an additional ~70 billion in loans that are likely less liquid to fill the remaining 70 billion of deposits. It's less certain how much these are worth but they're at least worth something.

Net result is that depositors are losing 0-40% of their money. Much more likely that it's 0-15%. Which sucks but it's not going to kill an otherwise healthy company.

parent treis 3 years ago

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