Sanchez: Rising oil, rising rates, and Fed contraction devastate portfolios
Gina Sanchez · How she went $0 to $35k MRR in 12 months selling SaaS to RIA's · Apr 4, 2023 · at 7:00
Gina Sanchez, founder and CEO of Chantico Technology, explains risk-modeling principles to Nathan Latka following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
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“Oil prices will go up that interest rates will go up, and that the Fed balance sheet will start to retrench. That tends to be a death blow to a number of portfolios. It doesn't matter what caused it, and so I think a lot of people try to focus on the crystal ballishness of it. We're not in the business of focusing on the crystal ball. We're just basically trying to say, whatever event happens, if you get a series of events, this is the combination that you want to be aware of, right?”
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