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Deposit franchises as natural hedges

Many observe that banks seem to be blowing up due to predictable consequences of rising interest rates. How did we get here?

Deposit insurance maximization as a service

In the wake of the recent banking crisis, there is some attention to deposit insurance limits. Some products increase them; here is how.

Banking in very uncertain times

We may be in the early stages of a banking crisis: why, what we're doing to avoid it, and what we may not get about it.

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