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Europe Red As Italy Continues Post-Short-Sale-Ban Slide

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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2012 11:56 -0400



 

Portuguese bond spreads have been weak all week; Spain has been bleeding in the front-end and belly of the curve; and today saw Italian bonds start to lose some gains. What is perhaps more notable is the weakness in Italian stocks (most notably banks) since the short-sale ban was lifted on Friday. FTSEMIB is down 3.5% from pre-FOMC and -5% from post-FOMC spike highs. EURUSD is back below 1.30 (and stands 1.5 sigma rich to swap-spread-implied levels). Meanwhile, Europe's VIX plummets to six-month lows as realized vol plunges - but the volatility risk premium is still high.

Can you spot when Italy lifted its short-sale ban?

 

EURUSD is now significantly rich to 'fair' valuye based on swap-spreads...

 

and bond spreads continue to leak - with Italy catching up to Spain...

 

Europe's VIX is plunging again - as realized vol also drops... but these vol risk premium is 'relatively' high

 

Charts: Bloomberg

 
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Thu, 09/20/2012 - 11:58 | 2815165 jerry_theking_lawler
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Silver Bitchezzz!!

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:08 | 2815189 pasco35
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It's on sale now!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LFLVPmCe-U

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:19 | 2815234 PiratePawpaw
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Argentum Canem!!!

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 13:00 | 2815419 CPL
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It's a resistant little rock isn't it once all the margin is scraped from it.

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:00 | 2815166 spastic_colon
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Sales proceeds coming to Amerika.....indexes must....go....green

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:00 | 2815173 Dareconomics
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Spain is in trouble:

http://dareconomics.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/mainstream-media-still-cant...

Pretty soon, I will be doing the same analysis with Italy and France. Watch my blog.

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:13 | 2815208 fuu
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No.

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 13:47 | 2815570 gggunchi
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His blog isn't bad.  Helluva lot better than most of the shit the American and German populations read.  (NYT & der Spiegel) 

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:01 | 2815174 tocointhephrase
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All your wages are belong to us!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19649747

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:05 | 2815186 LULZBank
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Must be desperation...

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 18:42 | 2816454 smiler03
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To coin the phrase

"Employees are able to opt out of the change" 

http://www.ftadviser.com/2012/09/20/pensions/group-pensions/dwp-m-more-pension-savers-by-WRZVZO4WdUpt0Uy7Joe2HP/article.html

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:12 | 2815199 Negro Primero
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Feudalism in England

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:10 | 2815194 slaughterer
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SHCOMP long EUROSTOXX short.  

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 12:16 | 2815219 slaughterer
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OPEC cutting refinery cap.  Uh, what was the half life on that pledge to keep prices down?  Three days?

Thu, 09/20/2012 - 13:06 | 2815444 CPL
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Looks like

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