I think OCC’s report provides an expectation for a +100bps (+1%) interest rate hike. All of their models showing smallest largest losses for banks will occur when +1% increase in interest rates. Except for the big boys with >$10B, which would lose less with +300bps (+3%) in interest rate.

by laflammaster Caption: All Banks https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: <100M in assets https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: >=$100M, <$250M https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: >=$250M, <$500M https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: >=$500M, <$1B https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: >=$1B, <$10B https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: >$10B https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: National Banks https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: Stock FSAs https://www.occ.gov/publications-and-… Caption: Mutual FSAs …

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The beginning of the end. Goodbye free will…

by pacmanpill https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-pilot-to-help-people-eat-better-and-exercise-more a pilot will see users wear wrist-worn devices that can generate personalised health recommendations, such as increasing their step count, eating more fruit and vegetables and decreasing portion size.  

Cathie Wood says her firm is testing a more aggressive strategy that would be ‘ARK on steroids’

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/24/cathie-wood-says-firm-is-testing-a-more-aggressive-strategy-that-would-be-ark-on-steroids.html Cathie Wood — known for her innovation ETFs that garnered billions in inflows during the pandemic — said Ark Invest is internally testing a fund that takes the strategy a step further by simultaneously betting against major stocks in …

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Not Confirmed Yet: Australia Forcing Jab on Indigenous 1st, Military Getting PTSD From HORROR

https://twitter.com/Margarita150264/status/1462925678559432708 Sauce: https://archive.md/MmM4O Australia started with aboriginal genocide, then a campaign of breeding them out of existence. You’d think we would be in more civilized time with rights and freedoms. https://english.khamenei.ir/news/3638/Australia-s-sanitized-genocide-against-Aborigines-in-the-21st http://www.csstoday.com/Item/952.aspx   h/t NotStarvingActress

The World Tennis Association has shown more guts than the Biden administration, the NBA, Lebron James, Nike, Google, etc. etc. etc. Who saw that coming?

CHINA IS ASSHOLE: China draws scrutiny over case of tennis star Peng Shuai. Related: It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement. Also: Peng Shuai: China accuses other countries of ‘maliciously hyping up’ case of missing tennis star. The CCP: Hey, …

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“Powell spent years as a private equity dealmaker, creating and selling the kinds of debt instruments that he later bailed out as Fed chairman…”

"Powell spent years as a private equity dealmaker, creating and selling the kinds of debt instruments that he later bailed out as Fed chairman…Powell’s radical actions…have also greatly benefitted his former peers in the private equity business. " https://t.co/I2fLGO3i2G pic.twitter.com/2u4IdChLp2 …

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Cambridge House Chat with Egon von Greyerz and Jay Martin Part II: Triggers, Symptoms & Solutions for the Next Financial Implosion

By Egon von Greyerz In Part II of Egon von Greyerz’ two-part conversation with Cambridge House’s Jay Martin, Egon candidly digs deeper into the realism rather than sensationalism of the current macro headwinds and the inevitable implosion of the global financial/monetary system. When asked …

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