“And the Fed’s trillions in interest rate risk is supported by only $55 billion of capital; their capital is just 1.4% of assets. They have debt (leverage) that is about 70 times their capital!” Mike Perry

Thank you Mike for the insight. “They have debt (leverage) that is about 70 times their capital!” deserves to be said over and over.

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