J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and other big banks and talks to bolster First Republic Bank

J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and others are in talks to bolster the first Republican bank. Shares of the bank reached a low of $19.80 earlier today. That was just above the low price seen on Monday at $17.56. The current price is trading at $22.81 after a spike higher took the price back to $25.98. The close price yesterday was at $31.29.

The bank is still on shaky grounds as fears of a bank run by depositors.

After the sharp decline on Monday, the price spike higher to a high price of $50.91 on Tuesday the price was as high as $147.56 back on February 2.

Meanwhile, the overall market remains positive:

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• S&P index is up 27.4 points or 0.71%
• Dow Industrial Average is up 62 points or 0.20%

in the US debt market, yields are now mixed:

• 2 year yield Yield A yield represents the earnings generated by an investment or security over a certain time period. Yields are typically displayed in percentage terms and are in the form of interest or dividends received from it.These figures do not include the price variations, which separates it from the total return. Consequently, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as A yield represents the earnings generated by an investment or security over a certain time period. Yields are typically displayed in percentage terms and are in the form of interest or dividends received from it.These figures do not include the price variations, which separates it from the total return. Consequently, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as Read this Term is back above 4% at 4.01%, up 3.8 basis points
• 5 year yield is down -3.6 basis points at 3.547%
• 10 year yield is down -7.1 basis points at 3.423%
• 30 year yield is down -8.7 basis points at 3.600%