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0 pointsnly3y ago0 comments

Its presumably not that market rates increased that fucked them up, it's that they couldn't hold to maturity due to short term redemptions?

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adam_arthur3y ago

Yes, despite these being "safe" they effectively took on duration risk, and their bonds were "callable" by their customers. Not safe at all despite credit-risk being low

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