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Q&A: Recent Bank Failures Do Not Mean It’s 2008 All Over Again

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To repay customers for the deposits, SVB used up all its cash reserves and then had to start selling some of the long-dated assets on its balance sheet to cover the withdrawals. First, the deposits of most individual bank customers, like you and me, are fully insured by the FDIC. Should people worry about their deposits?

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6 Ways To Respond In The Wake Of The Silicon Valley Bank Failure

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The Biden administration made sure SVB’s failure didn’t become a global financial contagion, partly by guaranteeing all deposits in the bank beyond the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage of $250,000 per account. Big banks may have fortress balance sheets, but you don’t really know what’s on them,” Holland noted.

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Q&A: Recent Bank Failures Do Not Mean It’s 2008 All Over Again

UVA Darden

To repay customers for the deposits, SVB used up all its cash reserves and then had to start selling some of the long-dated assets on its balance sheet to cover the withdrawals. First, the deposits of most individual bank customers, like you and me, are fully insured by the FDIC. Should people worry about their deposits?

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M&A Special Report: The Great Deal Reset

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Despite stiff economic headwinds, robust M&A opportunities are there for the taking, with many companies enjoying steady cash flows and strong balance sheets. “In In today’s high-inflation environment, strategic acquirers with lots of cash on the balance sheet need to do something with it,” says Christopher R.