ECB UNVEILS MASSIVE EASING & EUROPEAN BANKS TUMBLE?? THIS IS BAD!!

ECB UNVEILS MASSIVE EASING & EUROPEAN BANKS TUMBLE?? THIS IS BAD!!

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SOURCE:  03-07-19 - KimbleCharting - ""This Is Bad" - European Banks Tumble As ECB Unveils Massive Easing: Here's Why It's Not Working"

MATASII SYNTHESIS:

• The major takeaway from this is that algos, which simply correlate one event with another, no longer associate central bank easing with instant market ramps.
• Should that "alternative" explanation become accepted by the binary crowd, then all bets may soon be off as central banks find themselves unable to boost stocks even if they promise - or do - "whatever it takes."

KEY COMPLAINTS

• Start date leaves a gap when current TLTRO funds become non-eligible for net stable funding ratio in June.
• Lenders will only be entitled to borrow up to 30% of the stock of eligible loans as of the end of February.
• Given worse rate conditions of the new program, “carry trades are less attractive” and solid names might be able to refinance more cheaply via covered bonds; as a result Berenberg expects utilization of the new tenders to be noticeably lower overall
• This is even more bank adverse due to the extension of Europe's NIRP period, which as Deutsche Bank made very clear in the past 5 years, has crushed bank earnings:  "The interpretation of today’s measures is negative as low rates for longer hurts a lot banks’ margins and the new TLTRO doesn’t look as attractive as the previous ones," said Nuria Alvarez, bank analyst at Renta 4.

THE GOOD NEWS

• For now at least, even as stocks tumble, bond yields are plunging,with the German bund yield crashing to the lowest level in 3 years and on the verge of going negative. If central banks were about to lose all control, yields would be exploding higher, i.e., the "end of days" scenario.

Why the unexpected reaction, one which suggests central banks may now be losing control over markets having pushed on a string just one attempt to push stocks too far, a reaction which a trader at a major trading desk laid out simply as "this is bad."

According to Berenberg analyst Philipp Jaeger the problem is that the details of the TLTRO revealed by Mario Draghi have disappointed the market, which was expecting even more generosity by the ECB.

Here are the key complaints:

• Start date leaves a gap when current TLTRO funds become non-eligible for net stable funding ratio in June.
• Lenders will only be entitled to borrow up to 30% of the stock of eligible loans as of the end of February.
• Given worse rate conditions of the new program, “carry trades are less attractive” and solid names might be able to refinance more cheaply via covered bonds; as a result Berenberg expects utilization of the new tenders to be noticeably lower overall

Meanwhile, the broader picture is even more bank adverse due to the extension of Europe's NIRP period, which as Deutsche Bank made very clear in the past 5 years, has crushed bank earnings:  "The interpretation of today’s measures is negative as low rates for longer hurts a lot banks’ margins and the new TLTRO doesn’t look as attractive as the previous ones," said Nuria Alvarez, bank analyst at Renta 4.

The good news - for now at least - is that even as stocks tumble, bond yields are plunging,with the German bund yield crashing to the lowest level in 3 years and on the verge of going negative. If central banks were about to lose all control, yields would be exploding higher, i.e., the "end of days" scenario.

But specific justifications for the market slide aside, the far bigger risk is that algos, which simply correlate one event with another, no longer associate central bank easing with instant market ramps. Should that "alternative" explanation become accepted by the binary crowd, then all bets may soon be off as central banks find themselves unable to boost stocks even if they promise - or do - "whatever it takes."

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