Q: What’s an ex-growth, bubble bank worth? A: Less

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Dalian is stable so far today:

Big Iron is rallying as CS tells all that iron ore is going back to $70. My answer is who cares? If it does it will only add to port stocks and crash the price even lower shortly afterwards:

Big Gas is down despite oil:

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Big Gold too:

Big Debt is getting creamed again. I mean, what’s a bubble-exposed, semi-nationalised, ex-growth, bank worth? Less that 15x times that’s for sure.

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Most utilities trade on 7-10x earnings…

Finally today, Big Liar is still plodding with the odious FXJ flaming out:

Seriously, if you’re interested in investing beyond Australia’s sclerotic shores where banks lend to businesses that grow then the MB Fund is for you. It launches in under a month so register your interest today (if you have not already):

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.