I was bitching about the Fed in some bar and got into a debate with a big wig.
(That could be any day in my life!)
and this guy told me The Fed has all this secrete info on the banks and they know exactly when all of this bets on bonds are set to mature. And they will lower rates just in time.
To which I say.. well get to lowering!!!//
Charles Schwab stock has fallen about 35% this year.
Schwab’s unrealized losses in a key part of its large bond portfolio widened in the third quarter to $19.4 billion as interest rates rose. Investors should pay attention.
The losses expanded by $4 billion from the second quarter because of a sharp selloff in the bond market.
The paper losses of $19.4 billion are in a portfolio of U.S. agency mortgage securities with a face value of $162 billion, according to the company’s 10-Q report released late Wednesday (Schwab doesn’t disclose the market value of that portfolio in its earnings reports.)
When we held rates longer & lower Banks got abusive and used leverage and this is where the canary sits... <--- I can smell the trouble brewing here.
(That could be any day in my life!)
and this guy told me The Fed has all this secrete info on the banks and they know exactly when all of this bets on bonds are set to mature. And they will lower rates just in time.
To which I say.. well get to lowering!!!//
Charles Schwab stock has fallen about 35% this year.
Schwab’s unrealized losses in a key part of its large bond portfolio widened in the third quarter to $19.4 billion as interest rates rose. Investors should pay attention.
The losses expanded by $4 billion from the second quarter because of a sharp selloff in the bond market.
The paper losses of $19.4 billion are in a portfolio of U.S. agency mortgage securities with a face value of $162 billion, according to the company’s 10-Q report released late Wednesday (Schwab doesn’t disclose the market value of that portfolio in its earnings reports.)
When we held rates longer & lower Banks got abusive and used leverage and this is where the canary sits... <--- I can smell the trouble brewing here.