Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum of Acting-Man blog,
Sentix sentiment indicator on European bank stocks storms to a record bullish consensus in late January – click to enlarge.
Conclusion:
There is a very good chance that the crisis that began in 2008 is actually not over by any stretch – it is merely moving from one place to the next. After all, the developments discussed above are a direct result of the reaction of the world’s monetary authorities to the initial crisis. China’s credit bubble and ZIRP in the US and Europe are all children of the crisis and have evidently sown the seeds for the next crisis. As we always stress, we expect that the next major crisis will eventually lead to a crisis of confidence in said monetary authorities. At some point, faith in central banks is bound to crumble and then we will really experience ‘interesting times’.
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