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Market Commentary April 2023

Letter 3

March was notable for particularly bad news. Concerns about financial institutions came to the fore with the sudden failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse. As the drama unfolded, investors were asking themselves “Do I have any investment in either of them?”.

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