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Marc Chandler Marc to Market Follow Following .Risk appetites firm, but the greenback is mixed http://ntvforex.com/news/?id=8ad403 . 7 13 2020 10 56 52 AM .Overview Equities began the week on a firm note in the Asia Pacific region. The Nikkei gained more than 2%, and the profit taking seen in China ahead of the weekend was a one day phenomenon. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.8%, and the Shenzhen Composite surged 3.5%. Taiwan and South Korea markets also rallied more than 1%. European and US...

Marc Chandler Marc to Market Follow Following .Risk appetites firm, but the greenback is mixed http://ntvforex.com/news/?id=8ad403 . 7 13 2020 10 56 52 AM .Overview Equities began the week on a firm note in the Asia Pacific region. The Nikkei gained more than 2%, and the profit taking seen in China ahead of the weekend was a one day phenomenon. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.8%, and the Shenzhen Composite surged 3.5%. Taiwan and South Korea markets also rallied more than 1%. European and US...

London’s financial district. Britain and the EU are negotiating financial regulation post-Brexit, with Switzerland caught in the middle. Keystone / Hannah Mckay On a Monday morning, just over a year ago, investment firms across the EU found they were no longer allowed to trade on the Swiss stock exchange. It happened almost overnight — simply because Brussels refused to extend a regulatory “equivalence” deal with Switzerland, which gave each side free access to the...

Jeff Snider and Emil Kalanowski discuss global markets and issues. Topic & Time Code 00:05 Bond Markets | Paradox? Sovereigns Signal Illiquidity, Corporates Liquidity 02:46 Bond Markets | Interest Rate Fallacy - What and Who? 07:29 Bond Markets | 1930s Credit Bust Produced Falling (?!?!) Corporate Yields 10:45 Bond Markets | Liquidity preferences CLOs, leveraged loans, bank loans vs corporate bonds 12:59 Bond Markets | How would yields behave during a sustainable economic boom? 14:47...

Swiss Franc The Euro has risen by 0.46% to 1.068 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, July 13(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: Equities began the week on a firm note in the Asia Pacific region. The Nikkei gained more than 2%, and the profit-taking seen in China ahead of the weekend was a one-day phenomenon. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.8%, and the Shenzhen Composite surged 3.5%. Taiwan and South Korea markets...

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Keystone / Walter Bieri Major Swiss bank Credit Suisse has agreed to pay $15.5 million (CHF14.6 million) to settle a dispute with shareholders in the United States, according to court filings on Friday. The plaintiffs, led by four pension funds, accused Credit Suisse of defrauding shareholders about its risk appetite and management before taking $1 billion of writedowns on souring debt. The bank had boasted at the time of “comprehensive” risk controls and “binding”...

© Yulan | Dreamstime.com In the seven days to 10 July 2020, the reported number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections recorded in Switzerland was 589, a similar number to the week before, when 615 new cases were recorded. Over the weeks prior to this there were 251 and 172 new cases, according to worldinfometer.com. Much of the recent rise in infections is due to clusters of infections found among people going to nightclubs and bars. Late last week Switzerland’s Covid-19...

The greater fools still partying in the first-class lounge are in denial that even the greatest, most technologically advanced ship can sink. On April 14, 1912, the liner Titanic, considered unsinkable due to its watertight compartments and other features, struck a glancing blow against a massive iceberg on that moonless, weirdly calm night. In the early hours of April 15, the great ship broke in half and sank, ending the lives of the majority of its passengers and...