Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News
Alan Hippe, Finanzchef Roche
Entgegen der Markterwartungen steigen die Wertpapiere von Roche am Mittwoch deutlich. Alan Hippe, Finanzchef des Pharmakonzerns, überrascht das nicht sonderlich, wie er im cash-Video-Interview sagt.
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John Mauldin on ‘The Age of Trump’
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Trump’s Trade Policies and Their Implications Explained
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Sergio Ermotti, CEO der UBS
Laut Konzernchef Sergio Ermotti kann die UBS auf Veränderungen reagieren, die durch das Austrittsvotum der Briten aus der EU entstehen. Sorgen macht ihm der EU-Marktzutritt der Schweizer Banken.
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Manuela Rabener, Mitgründerin Scalable Capital
Automatisierte Vermögensverwaltung hat Potenzial, tut sich vielerorts aber noch schwer. Manuela Rabener vom Robo Advisor Scalable Capital setzt auf Kooperationen – und hat die Schweiz im Fokus.
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Those over 25 may pay more for Swiss health insurance
The Swiss States Council commission on public health endorsed a plan that could lead to higher health insurance premiums for those over 25. Swiss health insurance providers are required to pay into a communal pot to spread risk between insurance companies.
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Immigration to Switzerland slows for third year in a row
ZURICH (Reuters) - Net immigration to Switzerland slowed for a third consecutive year in 2016, potentially easing concerns over immigration that have strained Switzerland's ties with the surrounding European Union. Around 143,100 immigrants arrived in Switzerland in 2016, down nearly 5 percent from the previous year, while around 78,000 foreigners left, an increase of 5.6 percent.
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Börsen-Talk vom 27. Januar 2017
Tiefe Zinsen befeuern weitere Grossübernahmen in der Firmenwelt, sagt Peter Bänziger vom Vermögensverwalter Belvalor. Er nennt im cash-Börsen-Talk seine Aktienfavoriten und seine Erwartungen ans Anlagejahr 2017.
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Swiss fact: work days lost to strikes in Switzerland close to one ninth of neighbouring countries
Across the ten years to 2008, Switzerland lost an average of 3 working days per 1,000 workers to strikes a year. This compares to 32 days in Austria, 33 days in France, and 55 days in Italy. Germany was close behind Switzerland with 4 days. The combined average for Switzerland’s neighbours: Austria, Germany, France and Italy, was 26 days. Switzerland’s 3 day average was one ninth or 11% of this.
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Controversial modernism in the Alps
A look back at how two brothers introduced American-styled architecture to a remote Swiss village in the 1950s. (SRF, swissinfo.ch) The Guscetti brothers, one an engineer and one an architect, built houses inspired by American modernism in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino. Houses in the village of Ambri built by the duo contrasted starkly …
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Changes to health insurance zones could lead to steep premium rises for some
In Switzerland, how much you pay for compulsory health insurance depends on where you live. Premiums vary hugely by canton. For 2016, average monthly adult premiums in Basel City are CHF 545.60, Switzerland’s most expensive, compared to CHF 326.70, in lowest-cost Appenzell-Innerhoden. The difference between the two cantons is 40%.
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Switzerland’s costliest cantons for tax, housing, health, commuting, and childcare
This week the bank Credit Suisse published its cantonal cost of living report. Its ranking considers a typical household’s biggest expenses: tax, housing, commuting, basic health insurance and childcare. It takes income and deducts all of these costs to arrive at a measure of disposable income.
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Swiss fact: Switzerland has one of the world’s lowest home ownership rates
In Romania, 96.1% of the population owns the home they live in. In Switzerland the percentage is 37.4%. Home ownership rates vary significantly across the country. The lowest rates are found in the canton of Basel-City (16.0%) and Geneva (18.3%). Relative to these two cities, home ownership abounds in Valais (57.2%), the highest. Vaud (31.4%), Zurich (28.5%), Bern (39.9%), and Luzern (34.8%) are all in between.
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The Psychological Impact Of Loss
For the third time in four weeks, the market was closed on Monday due to a holiday. Not only is this week shortened by a holiday, it is also coinciding with the annual Billionaire’s convention in Davos, Switzerland and the Presidential inauguration on Friday. Increased volatility over the next couple of days will certainly not be surprising.
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Davos (According To Donald Trump)
Bloomberg's Anne Swardson, Zoe Schneeweiss, and Andre Tartar perfectly summed up the state of play right now during their discussion of the World Economic Forum's annual get-together: "Never before has the gap between Davos Man and the real world yawned so widely."
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Swiss mortgage rates climb in 4th quarter
After reaching a historical low in the third quarter of 2016, rates started rising in the fourth quarter. Rate increases hit mortgage tenors of five and ten years. Compared to Q3, fixed mortgage rates on loans of ten years went up an average 0.2% to 1.62% according to price comparison website Comparis.ch.
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Finding your roots after adoption
Mischa Steiner is adopted. For a long time the 44-year-old from Basel didn’t want to know about his South Korean roots and biological family. The film “Reset Restart” documents how he began his quest to find out more about his identity and discover a new homeland later in life. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) — swissinfo.ch is the international …
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How dry conditions are damaging forests
The second half of the year in Switzerland has been exceptionally dry. The trees are suffering as a result, as an ailing forest is more susceptible to fungi and beetles. (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 …
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Swiss Real Estate Focus 2017: Vacancy rates rising at the end of the real estate cycle
Record-breaking purchase prices and increased vacancy rates are making property investments a careful balancing act. Achieving full occupancy for an investment property now requires active space management and discounted rents – in every segment. Rents for investment properties are expected to fall this year, while house prices stagnate.
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