Asset Cap was good for Wells Fargo?

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The best thing to happen to WFC was being penalized by the FDIC for egregious behavior from 2016 to today. On a relative basis, they did not grow their balance sheet and thus avoided the 2020-2022 issues of overpaying for long-duration Treasuries and keeping low jumbo fixed rate loans on their books

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