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A comment on Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC. Parent comment

Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by afiori on Monday March 13, 2023 @10:07AM (#35135895)
I feel like treasury bonds (of your own government) have different risk profiles than most other investments.
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Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by runeks on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:14PM (#35138889)
They still have duration risk.
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Re:Joint Statement by the Department of the Treasury, Federa... by afiori on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @04:17AM (#35165321)
At the time of writing this comment I did not know that having funds stuck in long term bonds was a major factor in the collapse.

I was biased to assume insolvency rather than illiquidity.

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