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These Three Spanish Banks Will Be Downgraded Tomorrow
As is well-known in the ratings world, sovereign downgrades never come alone: first the sovereign is cut, then sovereign-supported domestic banks (the sovereign is the threshold rating), then general financial companies like insurance firms and specialty fins. Such downgrades are particularly painful when they go through a major threshold such from A to B as they spring various collateral and margin calls into action. One thing we do know is that the last thing undercapitalized Spanish banks can afford now is even more margin calls, and even greater collateral haircuts. However, this is precisely what will happen for the following 3 banks tomorrow: Banco Popular Espanol, Banco Santander and BBVA, all of which are currently at the old sovereign rating of A3 and tomorrow will see their rating cut to Baa3, and we fully expect the other three Moody's rated banks: Caixa, Banco Financiero y de Ahorros and Sabadell to be cut anywhere between 1 and 3 more notches, sending them into junk territory. We can only hope that the ESM or whatever Spanish bank bailout scheme is operational tomorrow as suddenly all of the banks below will find themselves without any willing counterparties around the world.
And for those who want a great interactive rating infographic of all European banks, one can be found at the WSJ after the jump below.
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Junk bitchez!
"Suddenly all of the banks below will find themselves without any willing counterparties around the world."
If only it could happen to all of them.
Then the banks would trade internally, effectively transferring shareholder wealth to their pockets ...
The ECB will continue to be a willing counterparty.
Not this time.
They have to keep their poweer dry to help the survivors pick themselves up, knowing full well their own "arsenal" is full of impaired toilet paper.
Along with ALL CBs.
Hence the gold buying, and no action so far.
They are keeping whatever is left for the Lehman moment which could be any day now.
What dry powder? When the ECB is leveraged something like 45:1 (haven't checked in a while), does it really matter if the ratio is amp'ed up to, say, 47:1 ?
The arsenal is impaired only when marks are taken, and I would convulse from shock if that were allowed to happen.
They can always pay in cash.
Thumbs Up for the chuckle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkQiMgl3kbw&feature=related
Good business to be in right now? Spiderman towel mill ! As Banco Santander is going to be dialing up an order in 3 - 2 - ...
Sweet, more money in the stock pot.
Wow, what a surprise!! /sarc
The more the peel is taken off, the more "oh fucks" come forward. Rotten to the core.
Mega-Olé!
This banking stuff resembles this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrqn5RRbTvg
Have you hugged your banker today???
I'm sorry, but I have to correct your typo:
"Have you hunged your banker today?", Should have been "Have you hung your banker today?"
hanged
I like "hunged", sounds scarier somehow...like Deliverance. Get more deterrent effect for your energy.
IT humour: change the reffering query string at the end of the WSJ article URL from:
?mod=wsj_share_twitter
To
?mod=Zerohedge_Bichez
As of today, the dominos seem to be falling faster, and those dominos do cross the atlantic. Scary times indeed.
Yeah, wait til the masses find out that the light at the end of the tunnel was a frieght train.
Anyone who hasn't pulled out of the paper markets and banks is sitting in this caboose.
Awww, man, I'm still exposed there but have taken such a hit on early IRA withdrawals. Gold and Silver miners, SLV etf, and TIP's bonds. Good to go on physical gold, silver, and .....lead.
Is there some Intratrade or other facility that we can bet against these banks (yeah more derivatives and CDS!) - I can't wait for this whole house of cards to come crumbling down.
They won't pay you if you win. Why play at all?
Usually, betting against the house doesn't work out well.
Commence Cannibalism!
three little piggies went to market
THIS is what is all about....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbxLMOHXclU
Charlie Rose just finished segment regarding European crisis. Gillian Tett one guest. Worth watching, as it deals with various facets of the reality in an informative, contemplative and adult manner.
Complete opposite of the clownshow which is world politics and rampant criminality.
My kid is a teenager. Her generation will need to grow up in a hurry. She'll be prepared.
Santander- couldn't happen to a better douchebag bank. Close the pig down
Not a problem, the Italians can just spot them a few Euros until the Spanish real estate market bounce back.
Santander has the potential to be the next lehman, whether it IS, or not, remains to be seen. It is an Inter-Alpha bank, and is utterly bankrupt, and is under pressure. Not to mention hiding loads of crap that is worthless.
Glass-Steagall
I can see how the whole world is scaried crapless about the downgrades today and their cascading effect for tomorrow...oh...wait. US stock futures up 1.00
(never mind)
I'm really surprised at the level of complacency in the markets as well. The $VIX is just under 25. I just don't understand why there is so little concern for what is happening. What has to happen to shake things up? Do people want to see a full collapse before they will take these things seriously?
Is there a Euro bank ETF ?? Or better yet a 3X inverse ETF ??
More ZH articles should add a "trading recom" at the end of story.
3x inverse funds are a great way to lose money continuously due to daily compounding and slippage. You never want to be long these losers, always short them via puts.
Here's what you do to get leverage with defined losses: Buy STD July 7 puts at around $120/contract or BBVA July 7 puts-leverage = 120(contract price)/600 (stock price) = 5x ) Define how much you're willing to lose by the number of contracts you buy. If STD drops back to around $5 every contract will be worth $120. If/when it does, and you want more leverage take some profits and roll down to the $6 strike-or just take your money off the table. The sky's the limit on leverage with options (just took 400% profits on my ANR 17 puts and RSH 8 puts today-both companies are likely going to zero). This is the way to speculate/gamble against the EU banks. Don't use any funds you're not prepared to lose. But the odds are in your favor-otherwise I wouldn't be rolling my June BBVA puts down and out in duration. A major bank run favors nationalization which would wipe out the equity and then many would want to buy your puts so say the least.
Disclosure: Short DB, BBVA, and STD via puts.
Stop worrying! They will miracle 4 trillion euros next week and declare victory. Gartman and Cramer will scream that the US market is undervalued and the S&P will go up 200 points. Any questions?
I wouldn't count on downgrades today. In the last instances of sovereign-related downgrades of companies, it took days or even a few weeks until the company ratings were in line with the sovereign again. I read somewhere that there is even an EU regulation that requires rating agencies to keep a silence period of a few days after a sovereign downgrade. Not sure whether this applies in this case.