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Weekly Market Pulse: Currency Illusion

When we think about the challenges facing an investor today, the big problems, the things we worry about that could cause a lot more harm than some interest rate hikes, are mostly outside the United States. China is prominent this weekend because of demonstrations against their zero COVID policies. The Chinese people appear to be pretty well fed up with the endless lockdowns and have finally decided to try and do something about it. Unfortunately, I’m not sure...

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Weekly Market Pulse: The Dog That Didn’t Bark

Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Sherlock Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” Gregory: “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” Sherlock Holmes: “That was the curious incident.” From Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892 It is hard to determine sometimes what causes markets to move as they do. Take last Friday’s stock market selloff. The widely cited “reason”...

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FX Daily, April 28: Biden and Powell are Center Stage

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.02% to 1.104 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, April 28(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: It appears that the backing up of US yields is giving the dollar a better tone and challenging the Eurosystem, which has stepped up its bond purchases. The US 10-year yield is around 1.65%, roughly a two-week high and back above the 20-day moving average. European yields are mostly 2-4...

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Alte Welt wird abgehängt

Smartphone im Einsatz: Apple verdient dank dem iPhone mehr als alle anderen Konzerne weltweit. (Bild: Pixabay) US-Konzerne sind bezüglich Umsatz- und Gewinnwachstum führend. Das ist das Fazit einer Analyse von EY der weltweit 1000 umsatzstärksten Unternehmen. Europäische Firmen verlieren den Anschluss. Die Schweizer Konzerne behaupten sich gut.US-Konzerne sind in punkto Umsatz- und Gewinnwachstum weltweit führend: Während die grössten nordamerikanischen Unternehmen ihren Umsatz im...

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