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A focus on FDIC insurance and Treasury-only money market or bond fund options can help safeguard investments when a banking crisis threatens.

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are up +0.91%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are up +0.93% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices finished the regular session lower, while U.S. Treasury yields climbed as market participants mulled the likely Fed’s interest rate trajectory amid easing bank jitters.

A top federal regulator called the failure of Silicon Valley Bank a "textbook case of bank mismanagement" during a Senate hearing about what led to its spectacular collapse

Larry McDonald developed a framework for analyzing stock market risk after his experience during the subprime mortgage crisis, and he says all his indicators are flashing warning signs.

Regulators faced the U.S. Senate Committee in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank as the banks to address risk

Top U.S. financial officials on Tuesday outlined what’s likely to be the biggest regulatory overhaul of the banking sector in years, in an initiative aimed at addressing underlying issues that contributed to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other U.S. regional lenders.

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Goldman's chief economist believes tighter lending standards after SVB's collapse will help fight inflation instead of causing a "hurricane that pushes the economy into recession."

A huge open question is not whether bank supervisors can identify problems but what ought to happen when they do.