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Looking at the FDIC website: > The FDIC does NOT cover (even if purchased at an insured bank): Stock investments Bond investments Mutual funds
by shadowofneptune 4y ago
Looking at the FDIC website:
> The FDIC does NOT cover (even if purchased at an insured bank):
Stock investments
Bond investments
Mutual funds
Life insurance policies
Annuities
Municipal securities
Safe deposit boxes or their contents
U.S. Treasury bills, bonds or note
This article is about the bank's investments, if I read it correctly. Safe for a household does not mean safe for a company that lives on investment money.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThere's an equivalent for securities, the SIPC. It's capped like FDIC insurance is, but bonds/stocks have some protection in this regard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_Investor_Protection_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_Investor_Protection...
- shadowofneptune 4y agoAh, I see. Looks like it still only has a limit of 250,000 USD, which seems low for modern business. How far would that get some of these companies?
- slg 4y agoAren't most (all?) of those clearly owned and register to the individual regardless of which bank holds them? If the bank holding my stock goes out of business, it is still my stock. It doesn't just evaporate with the bank unless there is some fraud involved. Some other bank will swoop in to buy those accounts and my stock will move there. The main concern here is likely less about straight-up losing any of those investments and more the huge headache that comes with being unable to access your money while the whole process plays out.
- iancarroll 4y agoThe bank can take your cash deposits and invest them, which is the problem occurring with SVB. In this case, your deposits are still insured via FDIC. If you buy investment products from a bank, and they hold those for you, those are not insured via FDIC.