European peripheral bond yields have compressed from "whatever it takes" highs to "whatever..." lows in the last two years as no amount of factual representation of the dismal reality of Europe's non-recovery can affect the centrally-planned virtuous cycle of ECB carry-trade funded idiocy occurring in the bond markets. Theoretically, Draghi's removal of the credit risk/convertibility premium has left these bonds to trade on growth/inflation expectations alone... and at record lows, they don't seem too hopeful. While Spain 10Y dropped below 2.5% (and we could list 20 fundamental factors that flash red), we thought it ironic that as Italy's 10Y drops below 2.7% for the first time in history it is delinquent on $100 billion in services rendered to its private businesses [4].
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