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Chart of the Day: Negative pain

Chart courtesy - bondvigilantes.com

Thursday, December 15, 2016 7:39 PM UTC

This chart from bondvigilantes.com shows the close and cozy relationship between the yield of the 10-year bund and equity prices of the banks.

The market doesn't seem to agree with the European Central Bank's (ECB) narrative that the negative rates do not hurt banks.

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