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The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: The Start of Great Financial Crisis 2.0?

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Insufficient/No Hedges – Rather than hedging their entire MBS portfolio with interest-rate swaps, the bank had… no swaps at all as of the end of 2022 ( oh, and no Chief Risk Officer, either ). billion loss on a $21 billion portfolio. In early January , I predicted that the markets in 2023 would be “Bad, but not as bad as 2022.”

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Wealth Management vs. Investment Banking: Career Deathmatch

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The Nature of the Work: Markets, Analysis, Sales, and Interpersonal Skills Wealth management (WM) requires broader knowledge of the financial markets since you may have to advise clients on everything from their portfolio allocations to upcoming tax changes. Think: benchmarking portfolios rather than modeling companies.