The takeaway from bank earnings so far: “Very messy,” one bank stock trader said to me.

Check out some of Tuesday’s early movers:

It was risk-on in Asian session after a very gloomy 24hrs. The catalyst was the strong China Q4 GDP print of 8.9% vs. 8.7% expected. China retails sales also surprised to the upside with a print of 18.1% vs. 17.2% y/y exp. Today’s good China GDP report should provide further support to the argument for a “soft landing” of the Chinese economy (although the print was at a low). We continue to…