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erulast Wednesday at 3:49 AM1 replyview on HN

Long-term treasury bonds are fairly volatile. That's how Silicon Valley Bank went under: their long-term bond holdings dropped in value enough to make them insolvent.


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Dylan16807last Wednesday at 5:44 AM

They can swing a few percent. So can gold. Either one could make a bank insolvent. In the long term treasury bonds are not volatile, especially if you hold them to maturity.

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