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Other banks saw the hikes coming (and plenty of regular people did too), and bought insurance hedges. SVB was relatively unique in not doing so.

If only there was some sort of 'insurance' to hedge against this that the bank could have availed themselves of.

I mean, it must be hard to work in an industry subject to the whims of a single organization.

Especially if you don't have a risk management team.