Tag: ASX:MVB

The Reserve Bank of Australia has released its financial aggregate data. Over the 12 months to May 2017, total credit provided to the private sector increased by 5.0%.

However, for the first time since 2011, the annual growth in dwelling loan approvals turned negative. This has also coincided with a slowdown in loan size growth.

We’re likely to see softer housing credit growth over the next 6 to 18 months.

The major banks  have responded to the lower housing loan growth by  announcing mortgage re-pricing starting with investor & interest only loans.

We believe the net-net impact on bank earnings will result in flat EPS growth over the next 12 – 24 months with the unknown risk being the potential pick-up in bad-debt provisioning.

We’ve built minor long exposure in MVB following the recent Algo Engine buy signal at $26.90.

On the 30th of May we looked at the MVB Veneck Vectors Banking ETF and identified the 50% retracement target to be $26.00. Yesterday, the MVB traded at a low of $26.56.

The 50% retracement of the prior peak -to-trough does not guarantee price support.  However, more often than not, buyers will step back in at or near this point.

The conundrum facing local ASX investors is the dislocation between US equities and Australian equities.  As such, “buy on the dip” domestic investors will need to remain cautious of the extended US equity valuations.

We’ve been net sellers of the banks and we continue to remain cautious. The probability of discounted rights issues, increasing bad debts, reduction of dividends and little or no revenue growth, hardly makes for a  compelling investment case.

However, the chance of the washout being completed in one continued move lower, is low. Normally, we’d expect to see value investors step in at some point and create a more structured decline, with reasonable rallies within the broader downtrend.

With the above in mind, I’ve looked at the MVB Bank ETF and based on a 50% retracement, we’re now within 5% of the likely support area. Any bounce will be moderate and investors should again look to sell the rally.

Our Algo Engine will continue tracking the entry signals.

Since the beginning of May, shares of the “Big 5” banking stocks have dropped between 8 to 10%.

We expect to see a bounce of some degree in the near-term, but it’s difficult to predict which name will see the most significant rebound.

For investors looking to take a step back into the long side of the banking sector, we suggest the Vaneck banking EFT with the symbol: MVB

This Exchange traded fund has dropped from $30.00 on April 27th the current price of $27.30. We believe a small allocation at these levels, for a bounce back to $28.75 would represent a solid “tactical” trade.

MVB Aussie Bank ETF