LongShort Investments

LongShort Investments

NYC-based investment professional. Background in value investing and growth at reasonable price within the context of long/short equity, with additional focus on credit, sovereign debt, commodities, and currencies as part of an overall global macro focus.

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The Swiss Franc: The World’s Most Perplexing Currency?

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Swiss policymakers consider their domestic currency (the franc, or CHF) to be significantly overvalued. Measures taken by the Swiss National Bank seem to corroborate this stance, holding its nominal overnight rates well into negative territory. Considering where the Fed and ECB are in their policy cycles and where the SNB is in its cycle, the USD and EUR are likely to appreciate against the CHF.

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