Introduction by George Dorgan My articles About meMy booksFollow on:TwitterFacebookGoogle +YoutubeSeeking AlphaCFA SocietyLinkedINEconomicBlogs Summary: The dollar’s trade-weighted index is firming and a couple percentage points from the year’s high set in January. The yen’s trade-weighted index is at several month lows, but remains dramatically higher year-to-date. The euro’s trade-weighted index has...
Read More »FX Daily, November 11: Ramifications of Trump’s Election Continue to Drive Markets
Comment on Swiss Franc by George Dorgan My articles About meMy booksFollow on:TwitterFacebookGoogle +YoutubeSeeking AlphaCFA SocietyLinkedINEconomicBlogs Swiss Franc EUR/CHF - Euro Swiss Franc, November 11(see more posts on EUR/CHF, ). - Click to enlarge FX Rates The forces unleashed by the US election results continue to drive the capitals markets. The combination of nationalism, reflation and...
Read More »Rising US Premium Lifts Dollar-Yen
Introduction by George Dorgan My articles About meMy booksFollow on:TwitterFacebookGoogle +YoutubeSeeking AlphaCFA SocietyLinkedINEconomicBlogs Summary: US 10-year rate premium is the largest in 2.5 years. US 2-year premium is the most since Q4 2008. Japanese investors likely will be buying foreign bonds, while foreigners may see opportunities in Japanese stocks after being large sellers in the first 9...
Read More »FX Daily, November 09: Mourning in America?
Comment on GBP and CHF by Joshua Privett My articles My booksFollow on:LinkedIN Swiss Franc In the Swiss Television, Swiss National Bank’s Andrea Maechler promised interventions for the case that Trump wins the elections. It was probably not necessary. The EUR/CHF fell to 1.0753, but interventions were rather limited to our view. For the second after Brexit, many market participants are...
Read More »FX Daily, November 08: Consolidation Featured as Market Catches and Holds Breath
Comment on Swiss Franc by George Dorgan My articles About meMy booksFollow on:TwitterFacebookGoogle +YoutubeSeeking AlphaCFA SocietyLinkedINEconomicBlogs Swiss Franc The EUR/CHF remains under the 1.08, the former line in sand for the SNB. CHF is a hedge against an unexpected outcome of the election. EUR/CHF - Euro Swiss Franc, November 08(see more posts on EUR/CHF, ). - Click to enlarge FX Rates The...
Read More »FX Daily, November 07: Dollar Stabilizing After Bounce
Comment on Swiss Franc by George Dorgan My articles About meMy booksFollow on:TwitterFacebookGoogle +YoutubeSeeking AlphaCFA SocietyLinkedINEconomicBlogs Swiss Franc EUR/CHF - Euro Swiss Franc, November 07 (see more posts on EUR/CHF, ). - Click to enlarge FX Rates The DAX also gapped lower before the weekend and gapped higher today. It is stalling just ahead of the earlier gap from last week...
Read More »FX Daily, November 03: Political Angst Drives Markets
Comment on GBP and CHF by Matt Vassallo My articles About meMy booksFollow on: Swiss Franc EUR/CHF - Euro Swiss Franc, November 03(see more posts on EUR/CHF, ). - Click to enlarge GBP/CHF rates are trading below 1.20 on the exchange, providing those clients holding CHF with some of the best rates they’ve seen in the past six years. The Pounds woes have been well documented but with a key day of economic...
Read More »FX Daily, November 02: Standpat FOMC Trumped by US Political Jitters
Comment on GBP and CHF by Jonathan Watson My articles My siteAbout meMy booksFollow on:TwitterLinkedIN Swiss Franc The Swiss Franc is a safe haven currency and benefits in time of uncertainty. With Donald Trump now looking much more likely to win the Election the Swissie has found favour. If you are buying the Franc with sterling in the future the combination of global uncertainty and a weak pound looks set...
Read More »FX Daily, November 01: Dollar and Yen Slip in Quiet even if Eventful Turnover
Comment on Swiss Franc by George Dorgan My articles About meMy booksFollow on:TwitterFacebookGoogle +YoutubeSeeking AlphaCFA SocietyLinkedINEconomicBlogs EUR/CHF Swiss Franc: The EUR/CHF has fallen again to the SNB intervention levels of 1.08. The dollar has depreciated by more than 1%. Who has followed our blog, knows that the Franc is a proxy for global growth, in particular Emerging Markets. Today’s...
Read More »FX Daily, October 31: Respite for Market Nerves Lifts Peso, Rand, and US Dollar
Comment on Swiss Franc by George Dorgan My articles About meMy booksFollow on:TwitterFacebookGoogle +YoutubeSeeking AlphaCFA SocietyLinkedINEconomicBlogs Swiss Franc EUR/CHF - Euro Swiss Franc (see more posts on EUR/CHF, ). - Click to enlarge FX Rates The latest US political news before roiled thin pre-weekend markets, but cooler heads and more of them are prevailing today. Trump’s fortune in the polls...
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