Tuesday, May 2, 2023

RISK: "S**t Just Hit The Fan Across Markets, Regional Banks Crashing"

From ZeroHedge:

Weak JOLTS?, Poor factory orders, hot EU inflation, surprise RBA rate-hike, a sudden realization of the urgency and seriousness of the debt ceiling debacle, Europe back from vacation, or just pre-FOMC jitters?

Or was it this!?

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Who knows to be frank but everything went just a little bit turbo, starting with a total collapse in regional banks...

And despite the Biden admin claiming that FRC was just another 'outlier' business model, PacWest, Western Alliance, and Zions (among others) are in a freefall...

Looks like we are back to "who's next" after yesterday's Milken Conference. Here's a guide...

But the 'big banks' are also getting slammed...

....MUCH MORE, chart mania