SNB & CHF

© Ekaterina Pokrovsky | Dreamstime.com Switzerland’s Federal Council, or cabinet, plans to increase the maximum annual deduction for child care costs to CHF 25,000 per child, up from CHF 12,100. This would allow parents to deduct up to this amount from their income for federal tax purposes but would not affect canton and commune taxes. Deductions could not exceed the amount spent. The plan aims to encourage more parents...

Swiss Franc The Euro has risen by 0.02% to 1.1821 CHF. GBP and CHF The Pound has remained fairly range bound against the Swiss Franc during the last couple of weeks as the markets appear to adopting a wait and see approach as to what might happen in the medium to long term. The Pound fell marginally during this time after the Bank of England once again decided to keep interest rates on hold at a split of 7-2 in...

The risk budget changes this month as I add back the 5% cash raised in late October. For the moderate risk investor, the allocation to bonds is still 50% while the risk side now rises to 50% as well. I raised the cash back in late October due to the extreme overbought nature of the stock market and frankly it was a mistake. Stocks went from overbought to more overbought and I missed the rally to all time highs in...

Subscribe to our Free Financial Newsletter: http://crushthestreet.com Mark O'Byrne is our brand new guest to give us a diagnosis of the economy and the stock markets. We get fresh insights on the outlook for Gold in 2018, and look at the long-term relevance of Precious Metals in the digital age, alongside Bitcoin’s emergence as a digital store of value. TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW: 01:00 Diagnosis of the economy and rising inflation 06:00 Possible stock market correction? 09:30 What is...

In Other Global Markets the “Turn-of-the-Month” Effect Generates Even Bigger Returns than in the US The “turn-of-the-month” effect is one of the most fascinating stock market phenomena. It describes the fact that price gains primarily tend to occur around the turn of the month. By contrast, the rest of the time around the middle of the month is typically far less profitable for investors. The effect has been studied...

Keith Weiner, CEO & Founder of Monetary Metals, explains how investors can earn between 4.5% and 5.75% annual returns on their gold holdings with relatively low risk.

Keith Weiner, CEO & Founder of Monetary Metals, explains how investors can earn between 4.5% and 5.75% annual returns on their gold holdings with relatively low risk.

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.40% to 1.1804 CHF. EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, May 16(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates The US dollar is mixed today after the Dollar Index rose to new 2018 highs yesterday. It is being driven by rising US rates, which also punishes short dollar positions. The US 10-year yield rose seven basis points yesterday to nearly 3.10%. It...

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) could be moving forward in their process of raising interest rates according to current reports with the previous Q4 2019 hike predicted to become reality in Q3. This minor shift in expectations is positive for the Swiss Franc and gives the market some news to be targetting and assessing in deciding the value of the CHF. With interest rates in Switzerland having been at -0.75% since...

Making its way to a Swiss home near you: an Amazon package The government has defended the deal struck that will see Swiss Post delivering packages for retail giant Amazon. There is no question of preferential treatment, it said. The response by the government came in response to a parliamentary question raised by politician Olivier Feller (Liberal-Radical), querying the deal that will see Swiss Post delivering Amazon...