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# Hot Reads: Buffett: CEOs, Directors Should Suffer When Their Banks Get into Trouble 

 

 

Plus, can Fed achieve a soft landing?



 

 

 

 

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[By Lisa Barr](/contributors/lisa-barr)

 May 08, 2023

 Edited by: Daria Solovieva

 

 

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[**Buffett: Bosses Should Face ‘Punishment’**](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/07/us-banking-crisis-warren-buffett-says-bosses-should-face-punishment#:~:text=He%20said%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20CEO%20and,the%20economy%20in%20their%20hands.%E2%80%9D) (The Guardian)

The billionaire investor believes “CEOS and directors should suffer” when banks they run get into trouble.

[**Bank Buyers Expect Sweeteners as Government Sets New Bar**](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bank-buyers-expect-sweeteners-us-government-sets-new-bar-2023-05-05/) (Reuters)

The purchases of First Republic, Signature and Silicon Valley banks have created a vicious cycle in which troubled lenders need to fail before buyers will step up, industry sources say.

[**Berkshire Die-Hards Flock to Omaha as Market Volatility Reigns**](https://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2023/05/05/berkshire-die-hards-flock-to-omaha-as-market-volatility-reigns) (Advisor Perspectives)

The company’s legendary stock picking has been more muted, paring investments instead of piling into new ones.

[**New ETF Platform Aims at Institutions and Hedge Funds**](https://www.ft.com/content/947d1040-cf7f-4944-a1b1-5353f1e19182) (Financial Times)

Tema ETFs to focus on risk-management-optimized active vehicles and helping hedge funds create ETFs.

[**Bullard: Fed Can Still Achieve Soft Landing**](https://www.fa-mag.com/news/fed-can-still-achieve-soft-landing--bullard-says-73101.html) (Financial Advisor)

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president said policymakers must likely push rates higher to cool inflation.

[**How Sam Bankman-Fried Peddled a Story Everyone Wanted to Believe**](https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b8ylg1vzvs2v8z/How-Sam-Bankman-Fried-Peddled-a-Story-Everyone-Wanted-to-Believe) (Institutional Investor)

Axios’ Brady Dale explores “what we think we know” about Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and the crypto industry.

[**Some Things the Fed Doesn’t Control**](https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2023/05/some-things-the-fed-doesnt-control/) (A Wealth of Common Sense)

The Fed has been no match for one of the strongest labor markets we’ve ever seen.

[**What to Do With Rising Rates in Fixed Income**](https://www.parametricportfolio.com/blog/what-to-do-with-rising-rates-in-fixed-income) (Parametric Portfolio)

Why following the Fed’s lead has historically delivered strong performance for bond investors.



 

 

 [ Lisa Barr ](/contributors/lisa-barr) 

 

 

  Lisa Barr is a former copy editor at etf.com.   [View Bio](/contributors/lisa-barr)

 



 

 


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