Reorg Primary View: Silicon Valley Bank, Mortgage-Back Securities and the Federal Reserve’s Options

At the center of Silicon Valley Bank’s stunning collapse was an investment portfolio stuffed with mortgage-backed securities, or MBS. In this special podcast, Chris Maloney, MBS strategist at Bank of Oklahoma Capital Financial Markets, explains the asset class, their outsized losses since the Fed commenced its rate-tightening program, and the Fed’s options as it seeks to simultaneously battle inflation and support the banking sector. #bankruptcy