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SI235: Trend Following's Reaction to SVB Collapse ft. Mark Rzepczynski

Top Traders Unplugged

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

Money market funds in 2008, a lot of them invested and reached for yield by buying into corporate commercial paper. The government set up this reverse repo facility so that it could be able to allow money market funds a place to put their assets. By doing that, then they say like, well, every time we raise rates, the rate on reverse repo increases. So therefore, we allow for higher rates and money market funds.

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