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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by ezekg on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:14PM (#35100256)
And this chart paints an even different picture:

https://twitter.com/alistairmbarr/status/1634275645235793920

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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by kmlx on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:27PM (#35100457)
lehman brothers had total assets of $639B when it filed for bankruptcy on September 15, 2008. adjusted for inflation that's ~$800B.
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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by scythe on Friday March 10, 2023 @05:02PM (#35101806)
Lehman was an investment bank — they didn't take deposits. Wikipedia describes them as a "financial services firm".
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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by TaylorAlexander on Friday March 10, 2023 @04:39PM (#35101474)
Is total assets a useful measure here? I would be more interested in a chart that showed budgetary shortfalls. It sounds like SVB is only short about 10% of total assets if I am remembering what I read earlier this morning.
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Re:FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank by paulddraper on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:27PM (#35104051)
No one really knows.

And banks usually aren't crazy amounts short. But they're short enough to got under.

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