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Is the Central Bank’s Rigged Stock Market Ready to Crash on Schedule?

2017-06-12

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2017-06-12

We just saw a major rift open in the US stock market that we haven’t seen since the dot-com bust in 1999. While the Dow rose by almost half a percent to a new all-time high, the NASDAQ, because it is heavier tech stocks, plunged almost 2%.

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Ist unser Geldsystem etwa doch teuflisch?

2017-06-07

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2017-06-07

In seinem Standpunkt „Wie entsteht Geld“ (Inside Paradeplatz vom 31.5.2017) bekräftigt Marc Meyer seine These, dass die herrschende Geldschöpfungstheorie grundlegend falsch sei, weil sie auf Goethes Mephisto basiere. Schon vor vielen Jahren hat sich Meyer für eine alternative Theorie der Geldschöpfung eingesetzt. Dass er deswegen seine Stelle verlor und ein Leben lang vom Arbeitsmarkt der Banken ausgeschlossen wurde, ist ein Skandal.

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The SNB’s Currency Interventions

2017-06-05

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2017-06-05

SNB Holdings, 2001 - 2017
On the FT’s Alphaville blog, Matthew Klein reviews Swiss monetary policy over the last years and its effect on the real economy. He concludes that - it seems the SNB’s relentless accumulation of foreign assets has been pointless — at best. More likely, the behaviour qualifies as predatory mercantilism at the expense of the rest of the world, especially Switzerland’s hard-hit neighbours.

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Wie entsteht Geld? Nicht so, wie Thomas Jordan uns weismachen will

2017-05-31

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2017-05-31

Technik und Wissenschaften haben sich rasant weiterentwickelt. Nur die Volkswirtschaftslehre ist auf ihrem spätbarocken Niveau sitzengeblieben. Die heutigen Notenbanken betreiben eine spätbarocke Geldpolitik, basierend auf Goethes Faust. Mephisto, der Teufel in Goethes Stück, lügt den König an, er könne einfach Geld drucken und einen Wert darauf schreiben: „Zu wissen sei es jedem, der’s begehrt: Der Zettel hier ist tausend Kronen wert.“ So entstehe...

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Remembering A Still Falling Hero: Small Business

2017-05-30

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2017-05-30

On this holiday weekend known here in the U.S. as Memorial Day, I would like to make a slight turn in the narrative that many give little to no attention too, yet, is one of the most important underlying principles or fundamentals which helped shape, lift, mold, sustain, and create one of the world’s greatest economic powerhouses bar none.

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Strong Swiss franc could be over reckons currency strategist at UBS

2017-05-21

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2017-05-21

Tribune de Genève. After more than two years of a highly overvalued franc, relative to the euro, the currency should ease in the near term reckons Thomas Flury, senior currency strategist at UBS. He expects a euro to be worth 1.14 francs in 6 months and 1.16 within a year.

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Trump Comey “No”

2017-05-18

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Trump Speech

2017-05-17

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Swiss National Bank releases updated banknote app

2017-05-17

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2017-05-17

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is releasing an app for mobile devices, designed to help the public familiarise themselves with the new banknotes. The app – an updated version of the ‘50-franc’ app launched last year to accompany the issue of the new 50-franc note – is now called ‘Swiss Banknotes’ and can be downloaded free of charge from the Apple (itunes.apple.com) and Google Play (play.google.com) app stores.

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Weekly SNB Interventions and Speculative Positions: More Interventions at higher Euro rate

2017-05-16

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2017-05-16

The pro-European politician Macron has won the French elections. His success moved the EUR/CHF up to 1.0980, mostly caused by FX speculators. But "serious" investors (not FX speculators) did not follow the political event, but focus on monetary policy. A ECB rate hike is very, very far, see why....

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New 20 Swiss franc note officially launched

2017-05-14

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2017-05-14

Old-Swiss-franc
The Swiss National Bank is the process of issuing new bank notes. A new 50 franc note hit the streets last year. Now it is the new 20 franc note’s turn. Officially launched today, it will enter circulation on 17 May 2017.

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SocGen: Beware The Ghost Of 1993

2017-05-12

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2017-05-12

The Vix is at its lowest level since 1993, Commodities and rates are dragging the AUD down
With Monday's financial media blasting reports about the VIX collapse to levels not seen in 24 years, going all the way back to 1993, it is worth remembering that the near record low volatility collapse of 1993 did not end well either for stocks, or for bonds, with the great 1994 bond tantrum. Reminding us of that, and of broader implications for the cross-asset space, is SocGen's Kit Juckes with his overnight note, "The ghost of 1993"

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A Problem Emerges: Central Banks Injected A Record $1 Trillion In 2017… It’s Not Enough

2017-05-11

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2017-05-11

Aggregate Balance Sheet Of Large Central Banks, 2000 - 2017
Two weeks ago Bank of America caused a stir when it calculated that central banks (mostly the ECB & BoJ) have bought $1 trillion of financial assets just in the first four months of 2017, which amounts to $3.6 trillion annualized, "the largest CB buying on record."

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Die neue 20-Franken-Note – Impressionen von der Präsentation

2017-05-11

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Dieser Film zeigt Impressionen von der Präsentation der neuen Schweizer 20-Franken-Note am 10. Mai 2017 in Bern. Fritz Zurbrügg, Vizepräsident des Direktoriums der Schweizerischen Nationalbank, und Thomas Wiedmer, stellvertretendes Mitglied des Direktoriums der Schweizerischen Nationalbank, stellen die wichtigsten Gestaltungsmerkmale und Sicherheitselemente der neuen Banknote vor.

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Weekly SNB Interventions and Speculative Positions: After French Elections

2017-05-10

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2017-05-10

SNB Sight Deposite, May 08
The centre-left politician Macron has won the French elections. His success moved the EUR/CHF up to 1.0960, mostly caused by FX speculators. But serious investors - i.e. not FX speculators - did not follow the political event. The SNB had to intervene for 1.6 bn francs.

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Swiss National Bank releases new 20-franc note

2017-05-10

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2017-05-10

Second ninth-series note showcases Switzerland’s creativity. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) will begin issuing the new 20-franc note on 17 May 2017. It is the second of six denominations in the new banknote series to be released. The current eighth-series banknotes will remain legal tender until further notice.

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Assemblea generale 2017 (traduzione simultanea in italiano)

2017-05-10

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Assemblea generale, 28.04.2017 00:00 Jean Studer, presidente del Consiglio di banca della Banca nazionale svizzera 32:40 Thomas Jordan, presidente della Direzione generale della Banca nazionale svizzera

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Assemblée générale 2017 (traduction simultanée en français)

2017-05-10

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Assemblée générale, 28.04.2017 00:00 Jean Studer, président du Conseil de banque de la Banque nationale suisse 32:40 Thomas Jordan, président de la Direction générale de la Banque nationale suisse

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Generalversammlung 2017 (Simultanübersetzung auf Deutsch)

2017-05-10

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Generalversammlung, 28.04.2017 00:00 Jean Studer, Präsident des Bankrats der Schweizerischen Nationalbank 32:40 Thomas Jordan, Präsident des Direktoriums der Schweizerischen Nationalbank

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Generalversammlung – Assemblée générale – General Meeting of Shareholders – Assemblea generale, 2017

2017-05-10

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Generalversammlung – Assemblée générale – General Meeting of Shareholders – Assemblea generale, 28.04.2017 00:00 Jean Studer, Präsident des Bankrats der Schweizerischen Nationalbank – Jean Studer, président du Conseil de banque de la Banque nationale suisse – Jean Studer, president of the Bank Council of the Swiss National Bank – Jean Studer, presidente del Consiglio di …

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