The European stress tests are now behind us and unfortunately they failed to be the buzz kill or euphoric event that was needed to break the EUR/USD out of its recent trading range. The goal of the stress tests was to restore confidence in the European banking sector, but based upon the price action in the currency and European equity markets this morning, investors were not impressed. The results scream leniency because all of the big European banks passed and those that failed were either very weak to begin with or already expected to do so. There will be no major capital injections into banks, which was what followed the U.S.