US financial stocks - the "no brainer" trade of so many TV talking heads - appear to have finally realized that the yield curve is not steepening and even deregulation may be further away than hoped.
Bank stocks are almost unchanged on the year - erasing gains of almost 10% after Trump's speech to Congress...
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As the Treasury yield curve has collapsed to its flattest levels since October...
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And remember, the stocks of the banks have totally decoupled from their credit market perception of risk...
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