We want to retire in about 5 years, but we have $150,000 in credit card debt and loans and $1.4 million tied up in retirement accounts — “we really want to be retired”

We want to retire in about 5 years, but we have 0,000 in credit card debt and loans and .4 million tied up in retirement accounts — “we really want to be retired”

I am try to get outside advice on the possibility of retiring in the next 5 For 7 years. I amI have to work until I’m 59.5 to be able to start using the retirement funds. We have about $1.4 million in 401(k) and Roth accounts, $30,000 in stock, a rental house we owe $245,000 … Read more

Crypto will be “finished” in the US if Coinbase loses the battle with the SEC. here’s why

Crypto will be “finished” in the US if Coinbase loses the battle with the SEC.  here’s why

Good morning! Welcome to Distributed Ledger. Meet Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. Coinbase crypto exchange PIECE OF MONEY said Wednesday that he received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which could lead to formal charges. The SEC’s Wells notice related to an unspecified portion of the exchange’s listed digital assets, its … Read more

First Republic Bank enlists Lazard’s assistance in reviewing strategic options

First Republic Bank enlists Lazard’s assistance in reviewing strategic options

Bank of the First Republic FRC 29.47% bolsters its advisory ranks as the troubled lender seeks to stay afloat and plan for a post-crisis future amid a transatlantic crisis of confidence in the banking system. The California bank this week typed Lazard ltd. LAZ 3.23% to assist in the consideration of strategic options which could … Read more

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon leads efforts to craft new rescue plan for First Republic Bank

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon leads efforts to craft new rescue plan for First Republic Bank

Discussions, though preliminary, have focused on how the industry could arrange an investment that would increase the bank’s capital, according to people familiar with the matter. Among the options on the table, people said, is investment in the First Republic by the banks themselves. Eleven major banks banded together last week to deposit $30 billion … Read more

The Fed raised concerns about SVB’s risk management in 2019

The Fed raised concerns about SVB’s risk management in 2019

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised concerns about risk management at Silicon Valley Bank at least four years before its failure earlier this month, documents show. In January 2019, the Fed issued a warning to SVB SIVB -60.41% on its risk management systems, according to a presentation released last year to employees of SVB’s venture … Read more

From SVB’s sudden collapse to Credit Suisse fallout: 8 charts show financial market turmoil

From SVB’s sudden collapse to Credit Suisse fallout: 8 charts show financial market turmoil

A tumultuous week in U.S. financial markets ended on an uncertain note on Friday after a massive injection of $30 billion in deposits from major banks into First Republic Bank failed to calm investors. Last week, the sudden collapse of three US banks – Silvergate Capital, Signature Bank SBNY and Silicon Valley Bank – began … Read more

US stocks set to see wild swings as billions in options contracts expire on Friday

US stocks set to see wild swings as billions in options contracts expire on Friday

U.S. stocks could see increasingly wild swings in the coming days as options contracts tied to trillions of dollars worth of securities are due to expire on Friday, removing a buffer that some say helped thwart the index S&P 500 to break out of a tight trading range. . Options contracts worth $2.8 trillion set … Read more

First Republic Bank in bailout talks with top US lenders

First Republic Bank in bailout talks with top US lenders

Biggest U.S. Banks Discuss Joint Bailout of First Republic Bank FRC 8.94% totaling more than $25 billion to support the beleaguered lender, people familiar with the matter said. JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. are in talks to each deposit $5 billion of their own money … Read more

How Goldman’s plan to consolidate Silicon Valley Bank fell apart

How Goldman’s plan to consolidate Silicon Valley Bank fell apart

Silicon Valley Bank executives went to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS -3.09% end of February looking for advice: they needed to fundraise, but weren’t sure how to do it. Soaring interest rates had weighed heavily on the bank. Deposits and the value of the bank’s bond portfolio had fallen sharply. Moody’s Investors Service was preparing … Read more

The First Republic rallies to volatile trade

The First Republic rallies to volatile trade

Bank of the First Republic FRC 26.98% and other regional lenders clawed back some losses after their worst selloff in three years, in a volatile trading session that reflected how investors were still pricing in regulators’ emergency measures to contain a banking crisis. Shares of First Republic, which slumped on Monday, closed up around 27% … Read more