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Read More »Bitcoin ETF underperformed Year-to-Year
Mit viel Tamtam wurden Bitcoin ETFs diskutiert und eingeführt. Vor einem Jahr war es der BTC futures-based ETF, der als BITO am New York Stock Exchange gelistet wird, der mit großem Medienhype eingeführt wurde. Genau ein Jahr später hat der ETF die Erwartungen nicht erfüllt und sogar gegen den BTC selbst an Wert verloren. Bitcoin News: Bitcoin ETF underperformed Year-to-YearDer Markt hat generell im Jahresvergleich verloren. Daher überrascht es nicht unbedingt, dass...
Read More »SWISS expands capacity for summer flight schedule
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is planning to expand its flight schedule next summer to offer 85% of its pre-pandemic capacity. To this end, it is now busy recruiting flight attendants. In the summer timetable, which runs from March 26 to October 28, 2023, SWISS will serve a total of 112 destinations from Zurich and Geneva, it said in a statement on Tuesday. “On the intercontinental front, the emphasis will be on the destinations in North America which are in...
Read More »Dollar Trades Above JPY150 and Truss Gets No Reprieve
Overview: China and Japan continue to struggle to stabilize their currencies, while global interest rates rise. The offshore yuan has fallen to new lows but in late dealings the onshore and offshore yuan have recovered. The dollar also traded above JPY150 for the first time since 1990 and the market knows it is on thin ice as with the threat of official intervention. A risk-off mood permeates. Equity markets have retreated in the Asia Pacific region and Europe. US...
Read More »Credit Suisse prepares Swiss business sales to raise capital
Credit Suisse is preparing to sell parts of its Swiss domestic bank as it attempts to close a capital hole of around CHF4.5 billion, according to people briefed on the discussions. With less than two weeks until the lender is due to present plans for a radical strategic revamp, executives are also in the final stages of plotting a heavy round of job cuts, which could affect up to 6,000 of the group’s 50,000 global employees. Ulrich Körner was installed as Credit...
Read More »Relai Partners Checkout.com to Enable Instant Bitcoin Purchases
Swiss Bitcoin investment app Relai has partnered with global payments provider Checkout.com to enable its users to buy the cryptocurrency via Visa, Mastercard and Apple Pay in real time through its self-custodial wallet. The partnership with Checkout.com is expected to allow users to have constant access to instant liquidity while also ensuring that they have full say over what happens to their assets. Founded in 2020, Relai currently serves over 40 countries in...
Read More »Market Currents: Fed Confusion
The Federal Reserve seems confused about its role in inflation and unemployment. Alhambra’s Steve Brennan and Joe Calhoun discuss it. [embedded content] [embedded content] Tags: Alhambra Research,Bonds,commodities,currencies,economy,Featured,Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy,Markets,newsletter,Real Estate,stocks
Read More »Inflation is about money and that means and has meant eurodollar, not the Federal Reserve.
It may seem like semantics or splitting hairs. Who cares how or why consumer prices have accelerated? History, however, shows there's a nontrivial at times massive difference between the two. So, let's diagram and examine the history to see if we can find something useful out of it. Spoiler: we can. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_AIP https://www.eurodollar.university https://www.marketsinsiderpro.com...
Read More »Swiss Trade Balance 3nd quarter 2022: foreign trade remains in rise
We do not like Purchasing Power or Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) as measurement for currencies. For us, the trade balance decides if a currency is overvalued. Only the trade balance can express productivity gains, while the REER assumes constant productivity in comparison to trade partners. Who has read Michael Pettis, knows that a rising trade surplus may also be caused by a higher savings rate while the trade partners decided to spend more. This is partially...
Read More »The yen isn’t Japan’s problem, it is everyone’s problem. Because this crash isn’t the Fed.
Japan's yen like China's yuan is being pummeled by the dollar. Most people are led to believe the dollar is rising because of the Fed and its rate hikes. No sir. In fact, in just three charts we can easily show both why JPY is crashing and also how the Fed has nothing to do with it. And that's actually the most frightening part. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrXNkk4IESnqU-8GMad2vyA Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_AIP...
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