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

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government bonds: In doing so, however, the bank and its “risk managers” made two key mistakes: Long-Term vs. Short-Term – Rather than putting these funds in shorter-term bonds that are less affected by interest rates , SVB invested mostly in longer-term, 10-year bonds whose prices drop significantly when interest rates rise.

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Replicating Portfolio

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Though these portfolios consider risks and liabilities, they usually do not account for non-financial risks that companies/stocks may carry—operational, reputational, and strategic. The replicating portfolio concept is widely used in financial markets. Such portfolios enable timely financial reporting.