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| European Financial Credit Sending Worrying Signals [Freedoms Phoenix] |
| Monday, 12 December 2011 20:41 | |
 Read more on this subject: Economy - InternationalNews Story Source: zerohedge.com We warned on Friday that the strength in equities was divergent from any of the higher beta risk-on trades and today has seen this divergence grow even larger as European credit markets are selling off considerably even as stocks maintain some semblance of extending-and-pretending. Subordinated financial credit has now retraced over 62% of the rally from 11/25 to 12/7 and XOver (the European high yield credit index) has retraced 50% of that rally. The broad European equity index tracked by Bloomberg has lost significantly less, seemingly ignorant of the stress (EUR-USD basis swap widest in two weeks) as we see even Main (the European investment grade credit index) now starting to drop notably. If, as we have experience cycle after cycle, credit anticipates and equity confirms, then it seems to make sense (especially given the concerted weakness in metals which suggests some kind of margined selling or cash-need desperation) to at worst hedge long equity beta. &nb Read More or Make a Comment Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          
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