Deutsche Bank
by
Adam Taggart
In this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and John Rubino discuss:
- Debate Debrief
- A Rorschach test for the nation
- Death By Status Quo
- The establishment is feeding itself on everyone else's future
- Higher Oil Prices On The Horizon?
- The turn back up may be nigh
- Deutsche Bank Debacle
- How bad could it get?
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Off The Cuff: Death By Status Quo
PREVIEW by Adam TaggartIn this week's Off The Cuff podcast, Chris and John Rubino discuss:
- Debate Debrief
- A Rorschach test for the nation
- Death By Status Quo
- The establishment is feeding itself on everyone else's future
- Higher Oil Prices On The Horizon?
- The turn back up may be nigh
- Deutsche Bank Debacle
- How bad could it get?
Click to listen to a sample of this Off the Cuff Podcast or Enroll today to access the full audio and other premium content today.
by
Alasdair Macleod
Executive Summary
- Spain: after tens of €billions in bailouts, its banks still need more
- Germany: its largest banks are ridiculously levered
- France: its banks are deteriorating fast with the sinking French economy
- UK: bail-ins are now on the table
If you have not yet read Part I: Europe's Precarious Banks Will Determine the Future available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Spain and Bankia
The true state of the Spanish economy (i.e., it is in depression) should be uppermost in our minds when we consider recent developments at Bankia, the Spanish mortgage bank formed only thirty months ago out of the wreckage of Spain’s regional mortgage banks. Bankia underwent a subsequent bail-out only a year ago and has been a continuing disaster, as shown by the share price in the chart below.
Having fallen from an adjusted €106 to only 68 cents as recently as last November, the share price tells us that Bankia is simply bust. The new G20 bail-in rules cannot have helped Bankia hold on to its deposits; the only deposits left should be those of the small depositors prepared to rely on government insurance.
The Cyprus bail-in precedent has undoubtedly made Bankia’s position worse than it would otherwise be. At March 31st Bankia…
Where Will the Minsky Moment Occur?
PREVIEW by Alasdair MacleodExecutive Summary
- Spain: after tens of €billions in bailouts, its banks still need more
- Germany: its largest banks are ridiculously levered
- France: its banks are deteriorating fast with the sinking French economy
- UK: bail-ins are now on the table
If you have not yet read Part I: Europe's Precarious Banks Will Determine the Future available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
Spain and Bankia
The true state of the Spanish economy (i.e., it is in depression) should be uppermost in our minds when we consider recent developments at Bankia, the Spanish mortgage bank formed only thirty months ago out of the wreckage of Spain’s regional mortgage banks. Bankia underwent a subsequent bail-out only a year ago and has been a continuing disaster, as shown by the share price in the chart below.
Having fallen from an adjusted €106 to only 68 cents as recently as last November, the share price tells us that Bankia is simply bust. The new G20 bail-in rules cannot have helped Bankia hold on to its deposits; the only deposits left should be those of the small depositors prepared to rely on government insurance.
The Cyprus bail-in precedent has undoubtedly made Bankia’s position worse than it would otherwise be. At March 31st Bankia…
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