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ignoramous on March 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank

> SVB probably would not have collapsed

Probably is doing a lot of heavy lifting without telling how? Because in the first paragraph, Levine himself says SVB wasn't diversified or large enough to make it through £16b write down on their HTM investments: https://twitter.com/RagingVentures/status/163357916752972595...

FiberBundle on March 11, 2023 [–]

That was still part of the Levine quote. He references [1] in the footnote as an argument for that claim.

[1] https://archive.ph/gmJxU

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