Banking System

Regional bank stocks, as monitored through the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE), continue to trade about 13% lower than they were prior to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March 2023, indicating that investor sentiment has yet to fully regain trust in the industry following last...

American banks are generating profits out of thin air by exploiting an emergency funding program created by the Federal Reserve after the 2023 Silicon Valley Bank crisis. A recent Wall Street Journal article by David Benoit and Eric Wallerstein sheds light on this arbitrage practice banks are using...

The Federal Reserve has released its annual bank stress test, predicting that more than half a trillion dollars could exit the U.S. banking system in a "severely adverse" scenario. What Happened: The report reveals that 23 of the largest U.S. banks would "have sufficient capital to...

Last week, macro guru and hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry shared his views on the U.S. banking system. On Stansberry Research's "The Daniela Cambone Show," Hendry said that the Federal Reserve's monetary policy has increased the probability that banking...

According to a February presentation released by the Federal Reserve, more than 700 banks face significant safety and soundness risk due to massive unrealized losses on their balance sheets. The banks have self-reported unrealized losses that exceed 50% of their capital and have been...