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And for the most unsurprising news of the day, the holders of Credit Suisse AT1 bonds are miffed that they got wiped out while the stockholders did not.

https://archive.md/EUlE5

Normally bondholders come ahead of stockholders.

With a mouse click the Swiss regulator FinMa managed to throw shade on the entire $275 Billion market in AT1 bonds.

And they wonder why these shotgun weddings don't solve anything.

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So is this just a European situation, or is there an equivalent bond in the US that also would be wiped out before stocks?Also, I hear that the Fed is allowing banks to sell their undervalued bonds through its discount window in a way that effectively just adds to the money supply - therefore, more inflation.

I’m looking forward to your next column digging into the latest developments!

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Yikes, just yikes.

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