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Hi conks. I read your "Great Flattening" post but I can't understand why Bank stock price rising meaning pull back from repo. There is no comment for bank stock price....

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one of the inputs into the GSIB surcharge is bank’s stock prices. higher stock prices equal a higher surcharge which requires holding more capital.

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a-ha! tx for your easy explanation!!

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As I found on Google, GSIB surcharge calculation is according to below 2 method.

(CFR § 217.404, 217.405)

There is no "stock price" terms, is it means "Securities outstanding"? or other terms?

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the market value of its common equity

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Thanks!

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Thank you

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Bro! In other words you see no liquidity issues?

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famous last words

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and Conks. Banks & Dealers is different?

I thought they are same entity, and wonder why dealer lend their money to Hedge fund when IORB is higher than SOFR... just parking money in IORB is higher yield, isn't it?

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a dealer and bank can belong to the same company

their dealer is matching lenders and borrowers of repos for a spread

their commercial bank raises funding that dealers don't have access to and lends the funds in repo, providing it's higher than IORB

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