The Institutional Risk Analyst

Banks | Markets | Finance

Nov 17, 20227 min

Extension Risk Threatens US Banks

There are literally dozens of banks in the US made insolvent by the policy moves of the FOMC over the past year.

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Sep 12, 20228 min

Interview: David Stevens on GNMA Capital Rule & ICE + BKI

The entire mortgage industry will have a single point of failure with the ICE/BKI combination

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Sep 6, 20225 min

Pink Floyd: Inflation & Asset Prices

The assumption of price volatility on the part of consumers and business managers is at the heart of inflation expectations

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Aug 21, 20227 min

Interest Rates, FinTechs & MSRs

Interest rates are starting to be very positive, and bank deposit rates are barely moving, so pretense of fintech as bank killer is over

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Aug 15, 20229 min

Universal Banks | Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab, Raymond James & Stifel

Total noncore funding at GS was over $700 billion at the end of Q1 2022 vs $321 billion for MS.

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Aug 10, 20225 min

The FOMC Embraces Debt Deflation

The deflation of 2023 is about marking down all types of real assets to the price level that equates with a non-QE world.

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Jul 31, 20228 min

Short Collateral & Long Tantrums

Demand for risk-free collateral and liquidity is largely a function of how JPMorgan (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon feels about risk on any given day

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Jul 24, 20226 min

Questions for Chairman Powell

QE has created a gigantic interest rate mismatch across markets for banks, non-banks and other financial intermediaries including the GSEs

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Jul 18, 20223 min

Dollar Remains World Reserve Currency

Once again the US is coming out of a global crisis as the cleanest dirty shirt in the laundry.

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