Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Holiday homes going out of fashion

2017-01-13

by Swissinfo

For a year now, laws have been in force preventing new holiday homes from being built in most tourist areas. After the rules were tightened, it was thought prices would rise as supply fell. But this has not been the case.(SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role …

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Contrarian Market Predictions for 2017 from Jared Dillian

2017-01-12

by John Mauldin

Subscribe to Jared Dillian’s free weekly column, The 10th Man, at Mauldin Economics: http://bit.ly/2jh2yL0

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Dirk Müller, “Mr. Dax” und Börsen-Expert

2017-01-12

by Cash

Für Dirk Müller, alias «Mr. Dax», werden die Aktienmärkte 2017 dank US-Impulsen erst steigen, dann bergab gehen – dies ebenfalls wegen der USA. Und «Schwarze Schwäne» könnten Anlegern ebenfalls um die Ohren fliegen.

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Swiss technology in smartphones

2017-01-11

by Swissinfo

It’s a decade since the iPhone was launched and at least four Swiss companies have reason to celebrate the success that changed the mobile phone landscape. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. …

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Ulrich Tilgner, Nahost-Experte

2017-01-11

by Cash

Europa wird in 100 Jahren wegen der hohen Zuwanderung ganz anders aussehen, sagt der langjährige Kriegsreporter und Nahost-Experte Ulrich Tilgner im cash-Video-Interview. Abschottung werde nicht funktionieren.

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What income products do Investec Structured Products currently offer?

2017-01-10

by Investec

Colin Brockman, a BDM at Investec Structured Products discusses our current product offerings in this short video interview.

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Can Structured Products be used as a viable alternative to annuities?

2017-01-10

by Investec

Colin Brockman, a BDM at Investec Structured Products discusses whether Structured Products can be used as a viable alternative to annuities in retirement?

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What is Investec’s current credit rating?

2017-01-10

by Investec

Colin Brockman, a BDM at Investec Structured Products talks about Investec’s improved credit rating.

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Basic Income Arrives: Finland To Hand Out Guaranteed Income Of €560 To Lucky Citizens

2017-01-08

by Tyler Durden

2017-01-08

Just over a year ago, we reported that in what was set to be a pilot experiment in "universal basic income", Finland would become the first nation to hand out "helicopter money" in the form of cash directly to a select group of citizens.

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2016 saw fewer passengers on Switzerland’s highest railway

2017-01-07

by Investec

2017-01-07

The train, which takes sightseers to the Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alpes, carried 916,500 passengers in 2016, significantly fewer than the year before. In 2015, a record 1,007,000 made the journey.

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Börsen-Talk vom 23. Dezember 2016

2017-01-06

by Cash

cash-Guru Alfred Herbert ist überzeugt, dass sich die im 2016 abgestraften Defensivaktien bald erholen werden. Er sagt im cash-Börsen-Talk, auf welche Branche er nächstes Jahr setzt und bei welchem Preis er Silber kauft.

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Fritz Zurbrügg: Vizepräsident des Nationalbank-Direktoriums

2017-01-06

by Cash

Steigende Hypothekarzinsen wirken aus Sicht von SNB-Vizedirektor Fritz Zurbrügg Verzerrungen am Immobilienmarkt entgegen. Dazu brauche es aber weiterhin disziplinierte Hypothekarbanken, fordert der Währungshüter.

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Who cares if cuckoo clocks are not a Swiss invention?

2017-01-05

by Swissinfo

Contrary to popular belief, cuckoo clocks did not originate in Switzerland. They were first made in Germans, who continue to dominate the market for high quality wooden clocks. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss …

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SMI set to end 2016 in negative territory

2016-12-31

by Investec

2016-12-31

In the last week of the year, the Swiss Market Index deepened its loss for the year as banks continued lower on low trading volumes. The SMI is set to end 2016 with an annual loss of 6.8% as banking and pharmaceutical giants pulled the index down in a year of turbulent trading. A volatile 2016 started with a brutal equity sell off as investors dumped global stocks on fears of an accelerating economic slowdown in China. The Brexit vote in June...

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Miners, including Swiss-based Glencore, unearth a profit bonanza with rally set to last into 2017

2016-12-30

by Investec

2016-12-30

Miners had been digging in one of Australia’s oldest collieries for almost a century until operations wound down a year ago, the victim of plunging global commodity prices.

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FRIEDMAN: Russia’s Done the US a Favor in Syria

2016-12-29

by John Mauldin

Download the FREE special report “Top 3 Economic Surprises for 2017” from George Friedman: http://bit.ly/2ih5W5n

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Davos Staff May Sleep In Shipping Containers As Billionaires Swarm Resort

2016-12-29

by Tyler Durden

2016-12-29

With January just around the corner, the world's billionaires, CEOs, politicians and oligarchs prepare to take their private planes to Davos, Switzerland for their annual convocation at the World Economic Forum, where they discuss such diverse topics as global warming due to greenhouse gases (which exempts Gulfstream jets) and the dangers of record wealth inequality (which exempts them), while snacking on $39 hot dogs and $50 Caesar salads.

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FRIEDMAN: Energy Prices Will Hit These Two Nations Hard in 2017

2016-12-28

by John Mauldin

Download the FREE special report “Top 3 Economic Surprises for 2017” from George Friedman: http://bit.ly/2ih5W5n

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The Alpine movie that didn’t need a script

2016-12-28

by Swissinfo

The film “Alpzyt” is the most successful Swiss documentary of the year. Equipped with a camera and a drone, director Thomas Rickenmann heads for the mountains without a script and just starts filming. His work is something viewers find soothing. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role …

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Credit Suisse Settles With DOJ For $5.3 Billion; Will Pay $2.5 Billion Civil Penalty

2016-12-25

by Tyler Durden

2016-12-25

Shortly after last night's news that Deutsche Bank had settled with the DOJ for $7.2 billion, of which it would pay $3.1 billion in a civil penalty, far lower than the $14 billion number initially speculated (the stock popped as much as 4% before settling just over 2% higher currently), Credit Suisse likewise closed the books on its pre-crisis RMBS fraud when the largest Swiss bank agreed to pay $5.28 billion to resolve a U.S.

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