US tech stocks have been hit hard, as attention focuses on the underlying quality of themes like the migration to electric vehicles.
Yet this shakeup is also happening against the backdrop of a fast-changing investment environment due to a strengthening US growth outlook, rising inflationary pressure and an unnerved bond market which is driving yields higher.
If anyone still had doubts, this week European Central Bank meeting was a convincing reminder that negative interest rate policies and quantitative easing are here to stay.
For the eurozone banking sector, this is a triple hit to profitability as reserves are taxed instead of being remunerated, interest rates are low and the yield curve is flat.
A modest consolation is the extension of the -1% rate on the ECB's long term refinancing operation (TLTRO) from June 2021 to June 2022. The money banks can earn by borrowing from the ECB more than compensates for the cost banks have to pay on heir reserves at the ECB.