..buyers of bank stocks obviously have forgotten about this.
..unbooked paper loss that does not follow 'mark to market' principles with the hope that the losses can unwind as the Fed moves into rate cut mode. But time is ticking, and inflation is not helping.
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U.S. Banks finished the year with almost $400 billion of unrealized losses on held-to-maturity assets.
The assumption is this wouldn't be a problem because the Fed would cut A LOT this year but what if that doesn't happen?
