Såhär ser BKX (Bankindex) ut. Kursutveckling sedan 1990. Ska vi gissa att det åtminstone blir en liten studs? Marknaden letar efter en botten, en trigger för att rekylera. Om bankaktier hittar en botten så gör marknaden det också.
Annars ser det fortsatt mörkt ut på makrofronten. JPM sammanfattar (och noterar precis som jag att det björniga sentimentet är bästa (och enda?) argumentet för en rekyl)
More bad news in July to depress risky assets near term
• Equities and credit continue to fall, while bonds are up again this week, in line with weaker economic activity data across much of the world. The fundamental forces that we had relied on months ago to push up equity and credit markets –– a rebound in H2 growth, falling oil and headline inflation, and G10 central banks on hold –– have largely disappeared and have been replaced by stagflation and central bankers switching from growth support to inflation control.
• The main remaining, contrarian support to equities is that a record number of investors are long cash and underweight stocks. This will only translate into higher stock prices, however, if investors are induced to get out of cash. Aside from a sudden dramatic drop in oil prices, there appears no magic trigger that will push cash back into stocks. We do not abandon our positive medium-term forecasts for equities and credit, yet, as we believe a lot of bad news is already reflected in investor positions. But the likelihood that growth and inflation news over the next 1-2 months will remain hostile to risky assets keeps us from advising increasing overweights.