Monthly Archive: March 2025

Idaho Reaffirms Gold and Silver As Legal Tender

2025-03-21

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2025-03-21

(Boise, Idaho) – For the second time this month, new sound money legislation has become law in Idaho. Faced with the overwhelming likelihood of a veto override from the legislature, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed the Idaho Constitutional Money Act of 2025 reaffirming gold and silver as legal tender and making a symbolic statement in favor of sound money principles.

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Février 2025 : le commerce extérieur en verve après un début d’année morose

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

L’évolution très volatile du commerce extérieur s’est poursuivie en février 2025. Après désaisonnalisation, tant les exportations que les importations ont contrebalancé leur revers du mois précédent, avec une croissance de respectivement 6,6 et 7,0%. Une fois de plus, le secteur de la chimie-pharma a grandement influencé le résultat. L’excédent de la balance commerciale a atteint 4,3 milliards de francs.

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Swiss parliament approves free trade agreement with India

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

Parliament approves free trade agreement with India Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Dollar Comes Back Bid

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

Overview:  The Federal Reserve's projections show a little more inflation and a little less growth this year and next, but the median projection showed, as it did in December, two rate cuts this year. This, coupled with the reduction of the balance sheet unwind of Treasury holdings (QT) gave a dovish cast to the FOMC outcome, though the dispersion of forecasts showed upside risks to inflation, and even the two rate cuts anticipated was a closer...

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The Role of Dividend Investing in Generating Passive Income for Retirement

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

Building a secure retirement requires a reliable stream of income that can support your lifestyle without depleting your savings too quickly. A dividend investing strategy offers a way to generate passive income in retirement, providing consistent cash flow while preserving capital. In this article, we’ll explore how dividend-paying stocks can help retirees create sustainable income, …

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Swiss National Bank lowers key interest rate to 0.25%

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

SNB lowers key interest rate to 0.25 per cent Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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2025-03-20 – Martin Schlegel / Antoine Martin / Petra Tschudin: Introductory remarks, news conference

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

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The FOMC Shifts To A Dovish Tone

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

As the market widely expected, the FOMC left the Fed Funds rate unchanged. However, the statement summarizing the meeting now includes an economic growth warning- "uncertainty around the economic outlook has increased." Moreover, they are reducing the amount of monthly QT. The roll-off of Treasury securities will fall to only $5 billion monthly, down from …

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Trump’s trade war pushes Europe and Switzerland closer to Mercosur

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

An aerial view of the Volkswagen car factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, June 28, 2023. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle...

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FINMA director: ‘Capital strengthening of UBS could take place in stages’

2025-03-20

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2025-03-20

Finma: 'Capital strengthening of UBS could take place in stages' Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Swiss engineering company ABB to equip Stadler trains in the US

2025-03-19

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2025-03-19

ABB to equip Stadler trains in the United States Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Growth To Value: Which Rotation Is Next?

2025-03-19

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2025-03-19

The Magnificent Seven and many other large-cap growth stocks were among the winners in 2024. However, in 2025, investors are shunning the largest market cap growth and highest-beta stocks and moving into value, particularly large-cap value. Shifting investor preferences to large-cap value from large-cap growth and high beta provides an excellent example of sector and …

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Fed: When Words are Actions

2025-03-19

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2025-03-19

Overview: Often it is said that what the Fed does is more important than what it says. But this is not so today. There is little doubt that the Fed continues to remain on hold but it will updates its forecasts, and Chair Powell will likely reiterate his recent assessment that the economy is in a position that allows the central bank to be patient and wait for clearer signals of the impact of the administration's policies. The Summary of Economic...

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Swiss Steel remains in the red

2025-03-19

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2025-03-19

Swiss Steel remains in the red Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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The Sentiment Bark Is Worse Than The Market’s Bite

2025-03-19

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2025-03-19

The old saying that the bark is worse than the bite is a good description of the current state of the stock market and investors' sentiment. The following quote from a recent Commentary and our most recent article (summarized and linked below) point to the unusually poor sentiment. The AAII retail investor survey is now …

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Switzerland’s top trade official eases tensions with US during Washington visit

2025-03-19

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2025-03-19

Head of Seco smoothes trade tensions with the USA in Washington Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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SNB slowed foreign currency purchases to CHF1.2bn in 2024

2025-03-18

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2025-03-18

SNB purchased foreign currency totalling CHF 1.2 billion in 2024 Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Swiss lawmakers shorten leash on ‘too big to fail’ banks

2025-03-18

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2025-03-18

The forced takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS prompted calls for tighter regulations. Keystone / Michael Buholzer Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle...

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Swiss economy to slow for two years

2025-03-18

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2025-03-18

Swiss economy to slow for two years Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Europe Leads Dollar Drop, Unwinding Last Year’s Record Purchases of US Equities

2025-03-18

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2025-03-18

Overview: The greenback remains under pressure and fell to new lows for the move against the euro, sterling, and the Norwegian krone. It is softer against nearly all the G10 currencies but the Japanese yen, where more disappointing data were reported and polls showed support for Prime Minister Ishiba plunged following his admission of doling out JPY100k (~$672) to 15 first-term LDP members of parliament. It makes for a poor backdrop for the upper...

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