12:00 TUESDAY – Stock Market Report #202 – 4/4/23
by Robert Holman | www.DefensiveAdvisor.com
STOCK MARKET RATING … 3.5 (0-4 bearish, 5 neutral, 6-10 bullish). I do not foresee a financial crisis at this time.
I think Wall Street has it wrong in believing that we are near the end of the Fed cycle of hiking interest rates. There is a long way to go to get to 2% inflation (Core PCE deflator at 4.6% currently versus a peak of 5.3% in 2022). So as you can see, very little progress has been made, and Fed Chairman Powell speaks constantly about the Fed’s determination to get to 2% and the need to slow down the labor market.
I heard an interesting factoid reported by David Faber on CNBC that I would like to share with you all. When WAMU (Washington Mutual) failed in 2008, the deposit outflow was $8 Billion in 4 days. When SVB failed, the deposit outflow was $42 Billion in 4 hours. SVB was the second largest US bank failure, and was 2/3 the size of WAMU, the nation’s largest bank failure, so that’s just incredible.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023: Concerns Begin: SVB said it would book a $1.8 billion after-tax loss on sales of investments and seek to raise $2.25 billion by selling a mix of common and preferred stock. Source: The Wall Street Journal.
Thursday March 9, 2023: Initial Fall: Silicon Valley Bank’s stock (SIVB) falls 60% after investors react to the firm’s March 8 financial plan to cover financial losses.
Thursday March 9, 2023: VCs Tell Startups to Withdraw Money: Multiple venture capital firms tell their startups to pull money out of Silicon Valley Bank. Source: Multiple Reports.
Are bad commercial real estate loans the next banking event?
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Excelsior Divitiae. Learn from the Bible: Deuteronomy 10:14 and Psalm 24:1 (taken together), Genesis 12:2-3, Proverbs 15:22, 21:5, 22:3 and 27:12, Ecclesiastes 8:7, Joshua 1:9, Proverbs 3:5-6, Ephesians 1:17, Jeremiah 29:11, 1Chronicles 29:11-13, and 1 Chronicles 12:32. I recommend you read them in this order.
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