Weekend Update 3/12/2023
Weekend Update recaps market highlights and major news from Ursa’s portfolio. Not on Ursa yet? Download Ursa from the App Store!
Market fear surging on Silicon Valley Bank failure…
🦅 Hawkish Powell. Powell raised #RisingYields expectations at his semiannual Senate Banking Committee hearing. While hikes slowed to 25bps last month, market expectations increased for reaccelerating pace back to 50bps this month.
💪 Jobs still strong. While unemployment slightly increased, 311K new jobs were created in February. #LaborMarkets are still very strong and bolstering the case to reaccelerate rate hike pace.
🏦 SVB collapse. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed on Friday after failing to raise equity earlier in the week. Widespread financial sector concern especially for other smaller regional banks. Financials fell -9% last week leading the overall S&P 500 down -5%.
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