BNKU News and Press, MicroSectors U.S. Big Banks Index 3X Lev From 03/24/23

2023-03-24 03:30:00 ET Summary Rising rates are posing challenges to the asset side of banks’ balance sheets. The rapid and aggressive tightening of monetary policy will undoubtedly put some borrowers at risk. Stephen Dover provides answers to crucial questions to help ...

2023-03-24 02:58:00 ET Summary US regional banks may face higher operating costs as regulators reevaluate the existing capital/liquidity risk framework. There has been over US$100 billion of inflows into money market funds since the SVB crisis began, bringing money market balances...

2023-03-23 06:30:00 ET Summary The narrative exists that we are not out of the woods yet on our banking problems. That seemed to be top of mind for investors selling stocks on the heels of Wednesday's 1/4th-point bump in the Fed funds rate. In this skittish environment, do not...

2023-03-23 02:03:00 ET Summary Although CPI inflation remains at or above six percent, the FOMC has slowed down in its monetary tightening over the past two months. With an increase of only 25 basis points, the March meeting is the second month in a row during which the Fed has pu...

2023-03-22 23:44:00 ET Summary UBS, which is Switzerland's largest bank is buying Credit Suisse for what is a 3 billion Swiss francs. Swiss National Bank has stepped in with some extraordinary statements as well, in terms of guaranteeing liquidity to both Credit Suisse and UBS's g...

2023-03-22 23:13:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve has hiked the fed funds target rate range 25bp to 4.75-5% as largely expected by the markets and economists. The Fed is not expecting recent banking woes to significantly derail the economy. We are a little more pessimistic, h...

2023-03-22 14:00:00 ET Summary At the last FOMC announcement on February 1st, the Fed hiked base rates by 25 bps. After a decade of using their customer deposits for free, most institutions are unprepared for the rapid repricing. The appetite for loan securitization has dried ...

2023-03-22 12:11:00 ET Summary Reverberations for the economy remain a threat, but for the moment the odds of contagion risk that spreads across the financial system seem to be receding. Fears of wider, global crisis swirled as Switzerland-based Credit Suisse looked set to implode...

2023-03-22 11:46:00 ET Summary As central banks have been trying to control inflation with the fastest rate hikes since the early 1980s, we've begun to see some cracks in the financial system. There are uncomfortable echoes of course, anytime you get any sort of problem in the fin...

2023-03-22 06:28:00 ET Summary Recent uncertainty, instigated by the issues seen across the financial sector, has led to a change in investment flows seen across exchange traded funds. A change in investment flows can be seen over the month of March as equity market volatility has...