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Global Systemic Risk At 3 Month Highs

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/23/2012 15:24 -0400

In a little over a month, the risk of the 30 most systemically important global banks has jumped an impressive 45%. At 235bps, the FSB30 stands just shy of the peak levels that were seen in the initial March 2009 crisis moment - though remains below Q4 2011 peak crisis levels. Perhaps, despite all the protestations of 'zee stabilitee', self-sustaining record-profit-margin-driven recovery, and Chinese soft-landing, the vicious circles of austerity in Europe (and perhaps the US) and financials squandering their newly-found liquidity (and certainly not capital) is becoming too large to ignore?

What is intriguing is how absolutely end-of-the-world the situation felt heading into Q1 2009 and yet - with banks' risk considerably higher now, we have become so much more 'used' to this state of chaos that our anchoring bias says - all is well?

Chart: Capital Context

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Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:28 | 2367985 Clueless Economist

Ahhh...sweet little innocent Maria Bartiromo is purring on my TV saying, "Stocks are well off there lows of the day, and poised to go higher as earnings beat expectations"

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:31 | 2367999 Ted Baker

SHE'S FULL OF RED LIPSTICK ALL OVER

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:35 | 2368011 Divided States ...

and Botox

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:57 | 2368148 SemperFord

I'll make her full of white "lipstick" all over...dumb broad!

Thu, 07/12/2012 - 12:57 | 2610301 Nagelstudio

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Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:32 | 2368001 Everybodys All ...

she is not that innocent or naive for that matter. CNBC is part of the system/problem that will have to be fixed.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:52 | 2368124 Troll Magnet

aw, come on! nbc is owned by GE. remember their commercials?

Gee-Eee, We Bring Good Things to Life~!

it's gotta be true because they said so. on TV!

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 18:37 | 2368614 TheGardener

"Gee-Eee, We Bring Good Things to Life"

..that was just a play on Lucky Goldstar, or the other way round , LG made them look and act corny..

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:37 | 2368020 LongSoupLine

She is a virus...or is it full of viruses?

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:42 | 2368025 Conman

Don't fight the PPT, they got an infinite toner supply.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:39 | 2368030 Rip van Wrinkle

Maria....dear....earnings ALWAYS beat expectations. Haven't you heard??

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 16:15 | 2368222 ACP

Absolutely right...all corporations make their Better Than Reduced Expectations (BTRE) earnings nowadays.

Excellent! Party on dudes!

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 17:01 | 2368408 francis_sawyer

In similar news, today I just beat my all time high jump record (by burying the bar one mile underground)...

I'll be in London for the Olympics this summer if you want to see me in action...

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:41 | 2368038 Dr. Engali

Business intelligence like no other. At least that's what they tell me in their commercial breaks.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:28 | 2367986 buzzsaw99

Not possible for systemic problems because big banks never take a loss.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:37 | 2367990 geewhiz190

how is this chart calculated? seriously-how is it calculated? anyone?

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:44 | 2368035 Seize Mars

I believe it is an index of credit default swap spreads of certain banks. So it means that the spread above risk-free is some number of basis points. A basis point is 1/100th of a percent. For example if there is a spread of 173bp it means 1.74% above risk free.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:45 | 2368068 geewhiz190

makes sense

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:30 | 2367991 TheSilverJournal

The difference is that before 2008, the world wasn't sure that trillions upon trillions would be thrown into the banking system to keep it from imploding. Now, everyone expects that the system will be maintained no matter the cost.

Do you here that?...it smells like hyperinflation.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:31 | 2367994 sunaJ

Water seems fine to me.

- frog

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:31 | 2367997 Soul Train

amazing chart - well done.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:33 | 2368009 YesWeKahn

Because Bernanke promised to print another infinit amount of paper money.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:36 | 2368015 JW n FL

Egypt to stop gas export to Israel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f0O4v7Ku78

Punk Economics: Lesson 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAR0VRLRGHE&feature=relmfu

Dutch PM resigns after failed austerity talks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7lchZYa8rc

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 22:08 | 2368046 JW n FL

Joke of the DAY!!

China's Slowdown Was Intentional, Spencer Says

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4aI421X2k

Owned and Operated!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=njSV5LtVmR4

My Life and Your Life on FILM!

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:45 | 2368067 Vince Clortho

Global Systemic Crisis ?!!!

This is a job for Suber Nanke.

Paging the Bearded Crusader!

ps: bring lotsa toner.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:49 | 2368102 JW n FL

MF Global Customers Press J.P. Morgan for Funds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L98JqdCeAWE

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:55 | 2368103 ArrestBobRubin

France may have a new Joan D'arc in the battle against Anglo/Israeli/American financial domnation...

France, ya want any kind of a future? I mean aside from the soon-to-be King Of The PFIGS under monsieur Hollande???

Then here's your only choice mon amis: Marine Le Pen. Cut loose the banksters AND the socialists and Vive La France!

Le Pen shocks France as far right hits historic heights Far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen obtained a surprising 18% of the vote in the first-round of France’s presidential election Sunday night.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:50 | 2368114 adr

Have no fear the PPT is here!!!!!

Somebody stepped in today to plug the hole in the dam. Oil made a dramatic comeback and the market is down less than 1%.

Once again you can't fight the Fed. When there isn't a buyer left Bernanke steps in with his banker buddies and they prop up the market with more cash borrowed from future generations.

Every baby born is going to be handed a bill along with their birth certificate. On the day of your birth you owe the USA $1 billion. Wages will be garnished forever, actually you just belong to us.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 15:52 | 2368122 geewhiz190

the S&P was quite a bit higher on 11/25 than 10/04. both were short term buy points

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 16:01 | 2368164 junkyardjack

You know what else is up 45%, Facebook's revenue. Bullish...

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 16:22 | 2368247 NotApplicable

What is intriguing is how absolutely end-of-the-world the situation felt heading into Q1 2009 and yet - with banks' risk considerably higher now, we have become so much more 'used' to this state of chaos that our anchoring bias says - all is well?

El-Erian's famed "new normal."

A.k.a. "you'll get over it."

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 17:42 | 2368518 Fix It Again Timmy

The western world is run by bozos. At one time, they were smart, clever and resourceful; however, things are getting out of hand - intelligence and resourcefulness are kinda powerless. A smart man and an imbecile jumping out of a burning high-rise will turn out the same way - dead!

Tue, 04/24/2012 - 00:34 | 2369089 hangman

Although everyone is entitled to their opinions (greatness of our country-our rights bestowed upon by our forefathers), others and our own, times after time, underestimating our ability to overcome obstcles and challenges, man-made or not, is misplaced.

However, while we are distracted, Chinese-Russian War Games goes on under the radar in the Pacific theater-while our media is preoccupied with some soccer ball a washed up in Alaskan shores from Japan. If we don't pay attention, it will be more than a soccer ball that will be washing up on our shores from Korea-Japan Pacific theater.

But then, as I observed before, a large war is one sure way to get our umemployment rate down quickly, move jobs from China to our shores and turn IOU to UOM (you owe me).

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 19:23 | 2368700 bullmkt