SNB & CHF

Restricted Market Trading Comments By Dara O’Sullivan, Derrick Leonard, and Ilan Solot Covid-19 related measures for restricted markets remain largely unchanged from last week. Sri Lanka and India have extended their lockdown periods, while Kenya and Nigeria continue to face limited liquidity. Please see trading comments below Sri Lanka: The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) resumed operations today following an extended period of closure. Foreign exchange trading is...

The eurozone economy is expected to collapse in 2020. In countries such as Spain and Italy, the decline, more than 9 percent, will likely be much larger than in emerging market economies. However, the key is to understand how and when the eurozone economies will recover. There are three reasons why we should be concerned: The eurozone was already in a severe slowdown in 2019. Despite massive fiscal and monetary stimulus, negative rates, and the European Central...

Ticker Name Div Yld Holdings Expense Ratio Beta 1Y Return 5Y Return Mrk Cap USRT iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF 4.2% 0.08% – -15.30% 9.39% 1.71B IFEU iShares Europe Developed Real Estate ETF 0.48% – -15.57% -6.99% REZ iShares Residential Real Estate ETF 0.48% – -13.27% 17.37% DRV Direxion Daily MSCI Real Estate Bear 3x Shares 1.10% – -38.88% -81.74% RWR SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF 0.25% 0.86 -18.84% 1.08% RORE Hartford Multifactor REIT ETF...

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.08% to 1.0514 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, May 11(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: The new week begins slowly in the capital markets. Many markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia, gained over 1%, but European and US shares are heavier. Benchmarks off all three regions rallied by 3.4%-3.5% over the past two weeks. Bond markets are...

Keith Weiner is the CEO & Founder of Monetary Metals. He is a leading authority in the areas of gold, money, and credit and has made important contributions to the development of trading techniques founded upon the analysis of bid-ask spreads. Keith currently serves as President of the Gold Standard Institute USA. He earned his PhD from the New Austrian School of Economics. 0:15 Introduction 1:55 Can the Federal Reserve save the economy? 4:22 Would debt cancellation have been better...

Keith Weiner is the CEO & Founder of Monetary Metals. He is a leading authority in the areas of gold, money, and credit and has made important contributions to the development of trading techniques founded upon the analysis of bid-ask spreads. Keith currently serves as President of the Gold Standard Institute USA. He earned his PhD from the New Austrian School of Economics. 0:15 Introduction 1:55 Can the Federal Reserve save the economy? 4:22 Would debt cancellation have been better than...

Jordan insists the central bank can continue to defend the Swiss franc. (Keystone / Marcel Bieri) Coronavirus is costing between CHF11 billion and CHF17 billion a month, putting such a strain on the Swiss economy that it will take years to recover. Swiss National Bank (SNB) chairman Thomas Jordan has predicted the worst depression since the 1930s. In two newspaper interviews on Sunday, Jordan warned of significant job losses and an erosion of prosperity in the wake...

Among the drugs seized were hormones that increased milk production in cows. (© Keystone / Gaetan Bally) More than 200 farmers, many in Switzerland, are suspected of buying illegal medicaments for their livestock from a French blackmarket dealer. Swiss customs uncovered the scam when the veterinarian was stopped at the border with his car full of animal drugs. Swissmedicexternal link, the body that authorises medicaments in Switzerland, has issued 51 penalty notices...

Many hotel beds have been empty in the last few weeks. (© Keystone / Gaetan Bally) The Swiss tourism industry will take five years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic with around a quarter of companies in the sector fearing for their future. However, Martin Nydegger, head of Switzerland Tourism, believes something can still be salvaged for the industry this year. In an interview with the Schweiz am Wochenende newspaperexternal link, Nydegger referred to a survey...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]There are several important differences between the global financial crisis of 2007–08 (GFC) and the coronavirus crisis (CC). Origin and Nature of the Crisis. The GFC resulted from financial imbalances, primarily the housing bubble, while the CC was triggered by the external negative shock (the pandemic and the following economic shutdown) that dramatically reduced the labor supply.