Stralcio da JPM di ieri :
Within the Periphery, this is one reason why we continue to prefer Spanish to Italian
corporates. Although the Spanish sovereign is lower rated than Italy, we generally
believe the Spanish corporates have a stronger fundamental outlook than their Italian
counterparts, partly because their revenue bases are more geographically diversified.
For this reason, we believe there should be more divergence between Spanish and
Italian corporate spreads.
Similarly we see the Spanish national champion banks as having stronger
fundamentals than their Italian counterparts, based on their stronger domestic
franchises as well as increased international diversification. Furthermore, the
Spanish banking sector has made more progress on bank recapitalisation, whereas in
Italy we see the potential for resolution outcomes among the smaller players that
could lead to contagion in the region