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The Pan-European Sovereign Debt Dominoes start to fall "precisely" as anticipated...
From the Wall Street Journal:
Standard & Poor’s downgraded Spain’s long-term credit-rating to double-A with a negative outlook just one day after roiling global markets with downgrades for both Greece and Portugal.
“We now believe that the Spanish economy’s shift away from credit-fueled economic growth is likely to result in a more protracted period of sluggish activity than we previously assumed,” S&P credit analyst Marko Mrsnik said.
The move sent the euro to a fresh one-year low against the dollar of $1.3129; the 16-nation currency had briefly bounced higher as fears about Greek debt contagion eased. Spain’s IBEX index extended earlier losses, oil prices fell and U.S. stocks briefly turned negative.
This follows a downgrade of Portgual and Greece (to one of junk). The Actionable Intelligence Note of last week was quite timely. Up until a few days ago the options on many of these banks were quite cheap, on relative basis (even the Greek banks, at least on a relative basis though IV was high). Notice the explosion in both implied volatility and intrinsic value leading to a 100% to 200% gain...
For some odd reason, perceived risk is still nowhere hear where I believe it should be. Methinks the equity markets are still underestimating the risk attached to the Pan-European (at least thus far) Sovereign Debt Crisis.
The pressure on bank portfolios requisite risk to sovereign governments should not be underestimated, reference, How Greece Killed Its Own Banks! I will be posting what I see as explicit potential pathways for the contagion to develop, but in the meantime, I urge subscribers to review the following:
Non-subscribers should not attempt to read into the titles of subscription content. I believe that much of the whispering and pontification that I hear in the pop media is not necessarily very accurate. I have made my opinion of the entire debt debacle crystal clear, in explicit detail and in particular of the aforementioned countries, in the public domain. Please review:
Actionable Intelligence Note For All Paying Subscribers on European Bank Research – This was certainly one very timely call!!!
A Review of the Spanish Banks from a Sovereign Risk Perspective – retail.pdf
A Review of the Spanish Banks from a Sovereign Risk Perspective – professional
Ireland public finances projections_040710
Spain public finances projections_033010
UK Public Finances March 2010
Italy public finances projection
Greece Public Finances Projections
Banks exposed to Central and Eastern Europe
Greek Banking Fundamental Tear Sheet
Italian Banking Macro-Fundamental Discussion Note
Spanish Banking Macro Discussion Note
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