SNB & CHF

Overview: Rising energy prices and yields are helping lift the US dollar and weighing on equities.  November WTI has pushed above $76, while Brent traded above $80, and natural gas is up for the fourth consecutive session, during which time it has risen by about 25%.   The US 10-year yield has surged to almost 1.53%, up more than 20 bp since the middle of last week. Near 32 bp, the US 2-year yield is at a new 18-month high. European yields are 3-5 bp higher, with...

Jeff Snider reviews the recent Bank of Japan experience with quantitative and qualitative easing. The central bank starts off on the wrong foot, focusing on credit quality issues instead of market participants' liquidity preferences; it goes sideways from there. A reading, by Emil Kalinowski. ----------WHO---------- Jeff Snider of Alhambra Investments. Read by Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Intro/outro is "36mm" by Jobii at Epidemic Sound. ----------WHAT----------...

Source: Facebook On 28 November 2021, Swiss voters will be asked whether they accept laws passed by the government on 19 March 2021 that paved the way for the introduction of Switzerland’s Covid certificate, a system that provides proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test. This is the second time a vote has been organised to challenge the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. On 13 June 2021, voters were given a chance to reverse the first batch of...

Die Zentralbank von Bhutan hat sich mit Ripple zusammengetan, um eine CBDC zu pilotieren, die die finanzielle Inklusion des Landes bis 2023 um 85 Prozent steigern könnte. Die Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) – die Zentralbank von Bhutan – hat sich mit Ripple zusammengetan, um eine digitale Version der Landeswährung einzuführen. Die Institution erwartet, dass die Initiative die finanzielle Eingliederung des Landes in den nächsten zwei Jahren um 85 Prozent steigern...

Der US-Dollar könnte aufgrund der umstrittenen Politik der Fed seinen Status als globale Reservewährung verlieren und durch ein Ledger-basiertes System ersetzt werden, so Druckenmiller. Nach jahrelanger Suche nach dem wahren Problem, das es zu lösen gilt, haben Kryptowährungen es endlich gefunden, so der milliardenschwere Investor Stanley Druckenmiller. In einem aktuellen Interview glaubt der 67-Jährige, dass die US-Notenbank Fed und andere Zentralbanken die Stärke...

Like virtually all of the work of Ludwig von Mises, these two essays, his 1958 Liberty and Property and his 1950 Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism are timeless. They are as important now as they have ever been and will increase in relevance as the growth of government continues almost unabated. The growth of government constitutes an assault on private property and individual freedom by politicians, bureaucrats, and interest groups who seek to keep for...

The Fed's expected taper is just empty, insignificant theater. The Fed is tapering never once having answered for headwinds, false dawns, and the world’s true wealth repeatedly suffering under stagnation and decline. A reading, by Emil Kalinowski. ----------WHO---------- Jeff Snider of Alhambra Investments. Read by Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Intro/outro is "Born in the 90's" by Ameryh at Epidemic Sound. ----------WHAT---------- Previewing The Taper Theater:...

You’ve heard of the virtuous circle in the economy. Risk taking leads to spending/investment/hiring, which then leads to more spending/investment/hiring. Recovery, in other words. In the old days of the 20th century, quite a lot of the circle was rounded out by the inventory cycle. Both recession and recovery would depend upon how much additional product floated up and down the supply chain. Deflation, too. On the contraction side, demand might fall off a bit for...

Losses will be taken and sacrifices enforced on those who don’t understand the Chinese state will no longer absorb the losses of speculative excess. Let’s start by stipulating that no one outside President Xi’s inner circle really knows what’s going on in China, and so my comments here are systemic observations, not claims of insider knowledge.Many western observers have noted the centrality of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist doctrine in President Xi’s writings. This is...