For the first time in a long time, Wall Street fell as the euro rallied last night, based on financial regulation fears within the general panic. Dow down 376.
Of all the negative influences currently impacting on the Australian stock market, none is greater than “Oh God I’ve seen this movie before”.
The euro fell then bounced hard last night and Wall Street again followed suit, turning a 186 point down day in the Dow into only 66 points down.
Morgan Stanley added two more small caps to its coverage while strategists at DJ Carmichael and BA-ML shifted preferences.
Strength on European markets belied an ever weakening euro while Wall Street struggled to justify further gains before losing its bottle in the last hour. Dow down 113. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)
The CBA update confirmed sector-wide issues and falling revenue trends and allowed analysts to argue as to whether a premium is still deserved.
Analysts can’t find much in the budget to impact on markets beyond what we already knew, but they are quick to point out the bullish assumptions contained within.
Between interim results and Europe, it’s been a wild ride these past few days for Australian bank investors. Where are we now?
Australian banks were simply too expensive in April and Westpac has this week delivered more evidence in support of this thesis.
The Wizard reports his bearish view on Perpetual shares has been confirmed.