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SVB: Early lessons for all financial institutions from Silicon Valley Bank’s failure

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I liken the design of the stress tests to the video game Angry Birds. Boy, did that impact capital ratios. In addition, the bank had money pouring in as a result of being associated with the startup tech industry. But the interest rate risk hit this bank in the decline in the securities portfolio.

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