washington d.c. CNN — The median U.S. home price was lower in February than it was in February 2022, ending more than a decade of year-over-year increases, the longest never registered, according to a National Association of Realtors report released Tuesday. The median price for existing homes was $363,000 in February, down 0.2% from a … Read more
Discussions, though preliminary, have focused on how the industry could arrange an investment that would increase the bank’s capital, according to people familiar with the matter. Among the options on the table, people said, is investment in the First Republic by the banks themselves. Eleven major banks banded together last week to deposit $30 billion … Read more
As of 4 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 380 points, or 1.2%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.9%. The technology-focused Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.4%. The indices fell on Friday but have been relatively insulated from the banking crisis so far. Authorities sought to stem a dangerous decline in confidence in the … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised concerns about risk management at Silicon Valley Bank at least four years before its failure earlier this month, documents show. In January 2019, the Fed issued a warning to SVB SIVB -60.41% on its risk management systems, according to a presentation released last year to employees of SVB’s venture … Read more
Swiss authorities attempted to finalize the deal on Sunday before Asian markets opened for the week. They walked a fine line, having to get the boards of both banks to agree to the deal and avoid the alternative, a regulator-led liquidation of Credit Suisse, which could prove longer and more painful for the bank. financial … Read more
A tumultuous week in U.S. financial markets ended on an uncertain note on Friday after a massive injection of $30 billion in deposits from major banks into First Republic Bank failed to calm investors. Last week, the sudden collapse of three US banks – Silvergate Capital, Signature Bank SBNY and Silicon Valley Bank – began … Read more
UBS Group AG UBS -5.50% is in talks to take over all or part of Credit Suisse Group AG, CS -6.94% which could involve government support, part of an urgent effort by Swiss and global authorities to restore confidence in the banking system, people familiar with the matter said. Credit Suisse this week took a … Read more
And so we come to the end of another frenetic week in the markets. The CBOE VIX Index VIX , the stock volatility gauge, rose twice to 30 before falling again. The ICE BoAML MOVE Index, a VIX for the Treasury market, hit its highest level since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, at one … Read more
The largest banks in the United States, including JPMorgan Chase JPM 1.67% & Co., discuss a joint bailout of First Republic Bank FRC -20.06% that could include a major injection of capital to prop up the beleaguered lender, people familiar with the matter said. JPMorgan works with Citigroup Inc., VS 1.17% Bank of America Corp. … Read more
Silicon Valley Bank executives went to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS -3.09% end of February looking for advice: they needed to fundraise, but weren’t sure how to do it. Soaring interest rates had weighed heavily on the bank. Deposits and the value of the bank’s bond portfolio had fallen sharply. Moody’s Investors Service was preparing … Read more
