First Republic Downgraded by S&P from Confidence-Inspiring-LOL “A-” Investment-Grade to BB+, One Itty-Bitty Notch into Junk. Shares, Bonds Re-plunge by Wolf Richter • Mar 15, 2023 • 133 Comments We laugh, but it’s a start. SVB Financial collapsed with investment-grade ratings.
Free Money = Toxic Money: First Republic Bank and Western Alliance Bank Make it into my Pantheon of Imploded Stocks by Wolf Richter • Mar 13, 2023 • 302 Comments Banks as stock-pump schemes in the era of consensual hallucination.
Silicon Valley Bank’s Uninsured Depositors Bailed Out. Crypto Signature Bank Shut Down, All Depositors Bailed Out. Senior Execs Fired. All Shareholders, Some Bondholders Bailed In by Wolf Richter • Mar 12, 2023 • 580 Comments Treasury/Fed/FDIC issue joint statement with Tough Love for investors in failed banks.
SVB Financial had Investment-Grade Credit Ratings (Moody’s, S&P) up to Collapse. Got Slashed in One Fell Swoop to Default by Wolf Richter • Mar 11, 2023 • 325 Comments Not learned a thing since the Financial Crisis. Relying on ratings, preferred stock holders found themselves bailed in, bondholders got crushed.
RIP Silicon Valley Bank: Shut Down by California Regulator, Taken Over by FDIC, Shareholders Bailed In, Insured Depositors to Get their Cash by Monday by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2023 • 379 Comments The bank survived the Dotcom Bust. But this bust is far bigger because the Free-Money bubble was far bigger. FDIC may not have a loss on this deal.
SVB Financial/Silicon Valley Bank Shares Collapse 55% Today, 84% from Consensual Hallucination Peak, as it Shores Up Balance Sheet & Liquidity to Face the Future by Wolf Richter • Mar 9, 2023 • 255 Comments SVB is massively involved in all segments of the startup scene that is now facing a mass extinction event.
Crypto Bank Silvergate to Shut Down and Liquidate, after FDIC Examiners Show up. Shares Collapse Entirely by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2023 • 160 Comments In 16 months from $239 at peak crypto consensual hallucination to $2.76, including the 44% plunge afterhours.
Crypto Bank Silvergate Issues “Going Concern” Warning, Says Q4 Financials with $1 Billion Loss Were Fake, Loss Was Even Bigger, Frets about “Regulatory Capital Ratios” by Wolf Richter • Mar 1, 2023 • 67 Comments It just keeps getting funnier with this crypto stuff. Shares crush dip buyers after hours.
Used-Vehicle Auction Prices Rise Again on Strong Retail Sales, after 2022 Plunge. Buyers’ Strike Over? “Core” Inflation at Risk by Wolf Richter • Feb 7, 2023 • 104 Comments These price increases “were not typical” for January: Manheim auction house.
After Spiking 92% Today, 350% in a Month, Bed Bath & Beyond Stock Collapses Afterhours on Share Offering That’ll Dilute the Bejesus out of the Meme-Stock Crowd by Wolf Richter • Feb 6, 2023 • 105 Comments Revenues collapsed. Bankruptcy filing hangs over it. This is a money-suck. But hey, it incinerated $11.6 billion on share buybacks.
