SNB & CHF

In the “German Democratic Republic” they tell the story about a weary old man who tries to gain entrance into the Red Paradise. A Communist Archangel holds him up at the gate and severely cross-questions him: “Where were you born?” “In an ancient bishopric.” “What was your citizenship?” “Prussian.” “Who was your father?” “A wealthy lawyer.” “What was your faith?” “I converted to Christianity.” “Not very good. Married? Who was your wife?” “The daughter of an...

Am 30. Juli publiziert die Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) ihr provisorisches Finanzergebnis für das zweite Quartal 2021. Die SNB dürfte nach Berechnungen der UBS für diesen Zeitraum fast 5 Mrd. CHF und für das erste Halbjahr 2021 fast 45 Mrd. CHF Gewinn ausweisen. Das Eigenkapital der SNB betrug Ende März 221 Mrd. CHF und dürfte auch Mitte Jahr im selben Bereich liegen, denn der Gewinn im zweiten Quartal entspricht in etwa den Ausschüttungen an Bund und Kantone...

Today's guest is Jeffrey Snider; Chief Investment Strategist at Alhambra Investment Partners and one of the most well-regarded critics of the inflation argument. Jeff debunks a number of big misconceptions that could hurt your portfolio in 2021 - what inflation is and is not, how lower interest rates can actually signal DEFLATION, how QE is NOT the same as money printing, why Gold can actually hedge against deflation, and why the FED is NOT a central bank. Jeffrey P. Snider Chief...

In this episode I am joined by Jeff Snider, Head of Global Investment Research at Alhambra Investments. We discussed why the biggest problem we are facing today is a dollar shortage, the makeup and history of the Eurodollar system, the tensions inherent to being the issuer of the global reserve currency, wealth inequality, his thoughts on inflation vs deflation, and finally the growth of the crypto ecosystem. --- Blockworks' upcoming conference Bretton Woods: The Realignment, is a 250...

With digital payments picking up pace across the globe, social media giant Facebook is extending its payment services to online retailers. Shopify has become the first e-commerce platform to sign up for Facebook Pay. This will allow Shopify merchants to offer Facebook Pay as a payment option during checkout, eliminating the need to re-enter payment information for every transaction. Prior to this, Facebook Pay, which was launched in 2019, was available for its main...

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.18% to 1.0837 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, July 21(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: The biggest rally in US equities in four months has helped stabilize global shares today. In the Asia Pacific region, Japan, China, and Australian markets advanced. Led by information technology and consumer discretionary sectors, Europe’s Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is up around 1.35% near the...

Farmers are now getting lower prices for their crop even though a living wage premium was introduced. Keystone / Legnan Koula Farmers in Ivory Coast – the world’s largest cocoa-producing nation – are getting less for their cocoa despite the introduction of a payment that aims to secure them a living wage. The West African nation of Ivory Coast accounts for around 45% of the world’s cocoa production that brings in export revenue of $3.5 billion (CHF3.2 billion) a...

Back on February 23, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell stopped by (in a virtual, Zoom sense) the Senate Banking Committee to testify as required by law. In the Q&A portion, he was asked the following by Montana’s Senator Steve Daines: SENATOR DAINES. I just was looking at the T bill chart and noticing since the 1st of February, the one month rates have dropped in half from 0.06 to today 0.03, two months went from 0.07, to 0.02. We’re starting to get into that...

So go ahead and say whatever you want around all your networked devices, but don’t be surprised if bad things start happening. I received another “Our Terms Have Changed” email from a Big Tech quasi-monopoly, and for a change I actually read this one. It was a revelation on multiple fronts. I’m reprinting it here for your reading pleasure: We wanted to let you know that we recently updated our Conditions of Use. What hasn’t changed: Your use constitutes your...

Now and then, it pays to take a step back to get a broader perspective on things, to look beyond the daily financial news, to see through the short-term ups and downs in the market to find out what is really at the heart of the matter. If we do that, we will not miss the fact that we are living in the age of fiat currencies, a world in which basically everything bears their fingerprints: the economic and financial system, politics—even people’s cultural norms,...