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Signature Bank's Demise: Who's Next? | Joseph Wang

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How Silicon Valley Bank Hedged Interest Rates?

Silicon Valley bank did horrible risk management because they did not hedge interest rates. They had some that they were available sale that they should have hedged, but like you suggested, they did not Hedge at all. And also it's kind of perverse because they have a very high quality mortgage and almost no one defaults on their mortgages. So yeah, how's the stomach do you think this is? I mean, do you think that the banks are hedging?

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