Since last week, while the market was distracted by the geopolitical slapping contest between Israel and Iran, both large banks (#KBE) and regional banks (#KRE) lost 5%, outpacing the S&P500 by more than 2%. JP Morgan, surprisingly, is leading the tumble, down almost 8% since releasing its Q1-24 results. Bank...| JustDario
In about 24 hours, the “Bank Term Funding Programme”, the infamous #BTFP, will be history. There should not have been any surprise about this if it wasn’t for the fact the banking situation today is much worse than it was one year ago when the #BTFP was launched. How dire...| JustDario
Two months ago, in FINANCIAL MARKETS REACHED A “SINGULARITY” NO ONE WANTS TO DEAL WITH, I tried to highlight how legacy economic theories—built on assumptions that never fully materialized decades ago—are now ineffective in today’s economic context. In that article, I emphasized five key points: Today, @thesiriusreport posted one of...| JustDario
HOW MANY ARCHER-DANIEL-MIDLAND ARE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT?| JustDario
WHY #CHINA MARGIN LENDING NIGHTMARE IS A BIG WARNING TO #US AND #EUROPE #STOCKS| JustDario
Late last year, the #FED quietly added a very unique institution to its Standing REPO Facility: #Norinchukin Bank. Like every other news against the MSM narrative, this event was quickly brushed away from public attention. In the article “WHY IS THE FED PREPARING TO BAIL OUT A JAPANESE BANK? BECAUSE...| JustDario
I bet very few noticed this: while NVIDIA and fellow bubbly tech stocks are having quite a hard time, banks, especially large ones, are actually showing remarkable strength in the 3rd quarter of 2024. Shocking, isn’t it? Back in February when I wrote “WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO RIDE...| JustDario
NOT EVERY “ALL TIME HIGH” IS THE SAME – YES, THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT| JustDario
SECTION 899: THE NUCLEAR TARIFF| JustDario
WELLS FARGO – A CASE OF TOO MUCH WINDOW DRESSING AND TOO LITTLE COLLATERAL?| JustDario
WITHOUT THE FED BTFP, BANKS WILL NOW HAVE A HARDER TIME TO “HIDE TILL MATURITY” THEIR LOSSES| JustDario