06Jul2016 Market Update: US Markets Up Fractionally, Session Highs Not Expected To Hold, Crude Prices Climbing, Short-Term Indicators Neutral

Here is the current market situation from CNN Money

North and South American markets are mixed. The S&P 500 is higher by 0.20%, while the IPC is leading the Bovespa lower. They are down 1.28% and 0.78% respectively.

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Yesterday we got the first sure sign that Italy’s banking system is near collapse when in a flashback to the Greek financial crisis days of 2010-2011, Italy’s bank regulator banned short selling in Monte Paschi shares for the day. Today, we can conclude that the Italian bank crisis is set to get far worse, because moments ago, Italy’s banking regulator just announced that what was supposed to be just a temporary measure has been extended for the next three months and shorting in BMPS shares is now prohibited until October 5.

Consob bans for three months net short positions on Banca MPS shares – The prohibition shall apply from tomorrow 7 July 2016 until 5 October 2016 – It affects derivatives and market makers as well

Consob, with Resolution 19655 of 6 July 2016, decided to temporary prohibit net short positions on Banca Monte dei Paschi di Sienashares – BMPS (ISIN code IT0005092165).

The ban will be enforce for the next three months, from tomorrow 7 July 2016 (start of day) until 5 October 2016 (end of day).

The prohibition on net short positions strengthens and extends the ban to short selling adopted yesterday, as the new prohibition bans both short selling on BMPS shares and short positions taken though single stock derivatives on BMPS shares.

The ban applies to all transactions, irrespective of where they have been carried out (on an Italian or foreign trading venue or over-the-counter) and it affects market makers as well.

The ban does not apply to transactions in index-related instruments (e.g. FTSEMIB), taking into account the marginal weight of BMPS shares in financial indices.

The prohibition has been ado …

And The Biggest Loser From The UK’s “Falling Dominoes” Is…

Now that not just 3 (as of last night) but 5 UK property funds, with Henderson and Columbia Threadneedle became the latest two entrants to this exclusive club of clueless asset managers who have no idea how to factor in liquidity mismatch during market stress, have “frozen” their assets and gated investors from accessing assets, concerned traders are wondering how far the downstream effects of this domino chain will go. Luckily, overnight analysts at Morgan Stanley, JPM and SocGen did the math and found what they believe is (are) the most impacted bank(s) from UK’s commercial real estate troubles.

Here is the verdict, first from SocGen:

RBS exposure to CRE is GBP26b, most of U.K.’s major banks, and equivalent to 63% of tangible equity

Lloyds 2nd most exposed at 46% of tangible equity, Santander 3rd at 24%, Barclays 4th at 23% and HSBC 5th at 17%

U.K. banks debt financing of CRE is down 34% since 2008 to GBP168b, according to De Montfort University

Says watch out for other banks, challenger banks have relatively high proportion of more highly leveraged CREs on books

Lloyds is most preferred, will be able to absorb Brexit bumps; RBS is least preferred

Next, from JPM:

RBS, Lloyds and Bank of Ireland are more exposed to risks from U.K. commercial property prices than Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered

RBS, Lloyds TNAV sensitivity in stress scenario may be up to 5.5% with CT1 sensitivity at 90bps-100bps

Major U.K. banks’ exposure is GBP69b

Is “cautious” on U.K. domestic-exposed banks

U.K. lenders exposure is GBP86b down from GBP150b in 2011

Flags BOE remarks that U.K. challenger banks have high proportion of more highly leveraged commercial real estate loans

Says BOE research shows 10% drop in U.K. CRE prices leads to 1% drop in economy-wi …

Bonds Are Telling You That There Is Too Much Cheap Money Sloshing Around Markets (Video)

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Focus on Bond Prices, and forget about Bond Yields, nobody is trading or investing in the Bond Market since Helicopter Money by Central Banks hit financial markets in 2008 because they are searching for Yield. It is all about Price Appreciation at the Zero Bound of Monetary Policy.

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