Tag Archive: Featured

Coronavirus: masks sold in Switzerland fail basic tests

2020-10-17

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2020-10-17

Only 4 out of the 16 masks sold in Switzerland that were tested passed all three tests conducted by a textile testing company, according to RTS.

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Dollar Gains as Market Sentiment Goes South

2020-10-17

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2020-10-17

FX Implied Volatility, 2019-2020
Virus restrictions across Europe continue to sour sentiment; the dollar is benefiting from the risk-off backdrop. The stimulus package is deader than Elvis; Fed manufacturing surveys for October will start to roll out; weekly jobless claims will be reported; Chile is expected to keep rates steady at 0.5%.

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Why There’s So Much Confusion over What “Inflation” Means

2020-10-17

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2020-10-17

Understood properly,  inflation is not a general increase in prices but is an increase in the money supply "out of thin air" which brings about the impoverishment of wealth generators. When inflation is seen as a general increase in prices, then anything that contributes to price increases is called inflationary.

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Gold and Silver Set for a Breakout?

2020-10-17

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2020-10-17

Gold Price Chart
Today we are taking our weekly look at the charts for gold and silver. Corvid 19, the US Election and US Financial Stimulus talks have given gold plenty to digest over the last week. On a short term basis gold has been taking a lot of signal from the fortunes of the stock markets and increased hopes of agreement of a financial stimulus package gave a boost to both stock markets and the gold price.

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FX Daily, October 16: Deja Vu All Over Again

2020-10-16

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2020-10-16

It was like deja vu all over again. First, the market reacted immodestly to headlines indicating there was little chance of pre-election fiscal stimulus in the US. It was hardly new news. Then the market seemed to react with surprise that there was no last-minute breakthrough in the UK-EU trade negotiations.

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Aktualisierte Sanktionsmeldung

2020-10-16

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2020-10-16

Das Eidgenössische Departement für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung WBF hat eine Änderung des Anhangs 3 der Verordnung vom 27. August 2014 über Massnahmen zur Vermeidung der Umgehung internationaler Sanktionen im Zusammenhang mit der Situation in der Ukraine (SR 946.231.176.72) publiziert.

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Weekly View – Biden time for markets

2020-10-16

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2020-10-16

Donald Trump’s poll numbers were looking increasingly unhealthy at the time of writing, but at least the cocktail of drugs administered to the coronavirus-stricken President appears to have worked.

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Coronavirus: contact tracers now unable to cope in parts of Switzerland

2020-10-16

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2020-10-16

In parts of Switzerland contact tracers can no longer cope with the rising numbers of cases, according the newspaper SonntagsZeitung. Contact tracers have the task of identifying who has been in contact with people testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, contacting those people and requesting they test and self isolate in order to break chains of infection.

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Banks making slow progress on diversity issues

2020-10-16

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2020-10-16

A recent story from the New York Times implied that the resignation of Ivory Coast-born Tidjane Thiam at the helm of Credit Suisse earlier this year had racist undertones, and he was the only Black CEO among the world’s biggest banks. How does the banking world – especially Credit Suisse – address the issue of diversity among its ranks?

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Swiss return frozen CHF36 million to South American football federation

2020-10-16

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2020-10-16

Swiss authorities have returned about CHF36.6 million ($40 million) in funds frozen in Swiss bank accounts amid football corruption investigations into the South American football confederation CONMEBOL.

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Why We’re Doomed: Our Delusional Faith in Incremental Change

2020-10-16

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2020-10-16

Incremental delusion
Better not to risk any radical evolution that might fail, and so failure is thus assured. When times are good, modest reforms are all that's needed to maintain the ship's course. By "good times," I mean eras of rising prosperity which generate bigger budgets, profits, tax revenues, paychecks, etc., eras characterized by high levels of stability and predictability.

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Pandemic Follies: Tyranny Won’t Keep Us Safe

2020-10-16

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2020-10-16

Politicians have destroyed more than 13 million jobs this year in a deluge of edicts aimed to fight the covid-19 pandemic. More than two hundred thousand Americans still died from the coronavirus, but the anticovid government crackdowns probably did far more damage than the virus. The covid crisis has also shown how easy it is for politicians to fan fears to seize nearly absolute power.

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FX Daily, October 15: Markets Shake and Dollar Goes Bid

2020-10-15

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2020-10-15

A combination of the surging virus, threatening the slow recovery that was already losing momentum, the lack of new stimulus in the US, and market positioning is seeing risk unwind in a big way today.  Equities are selling off. 

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Swiss Producer and Import Price Index in September 2020: -3.1 percent YoY, +0.1 percent MoM

2020-10-15

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2020-10-15

Switzerland Producer Price Index (PPI) YoY, September 2020
The Producer and Import Price Index rose in September 2020 by 0.1% compared with the previous month, reaching 98.0 points (December 2015 = 100). The rise is due in particular to higher prices for scrap as well as for basic metals and semi-finished metal products.

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Coronavirus: record number of new cases reported in Switzerland

2020-10-15

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2020-10-15

On 14 October 2020, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) reported 2,823 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection over 24 hours, a record number. In addition, FOPH reported 57 new Covid-19 hospital admissions and a further 8 deaths.

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Swiss government expects 2020 GDP to shrink less than feared

2020-10-15

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2020-10-15

Swiss economic output will shrink by 3.8% this year, a less bad coronavirus-triggered slump than previously expected, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said on Monday.

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Covid and the Escalation of Medical Tyranny

2020-10-15

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2020-10-15

Audio Mises Wire
Covid has exposed how easy it is for government to weaponize healthcare. How long will the doctor-patient relationship remain sacred?

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Dollar Bounce Remains Modest as Headwinds Build

2020-10-15

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2020-10-15

UK Hospital Admissions
The dollar is making a modest comeback; stimulus talks have hit a dead end; we get more US inflation readings for September. Brexit talks continue ahead of the EU summit Thursday and Friday; a new bill by the UK government could change the investment landscape in the country.

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Precious Metals Nowhere Near Cycle Highs – Brace for Gains!

2020-10-15

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2020-10-15

In today’s video GoldCore’s Mark O’Byrne is interviewed by the Wealth Research Group, discussing the start of a new bull run for gold and silver and what we can expect.

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FX Daily, October 14: UK Blinks on Threat to Walk Away on Eve of EU Summit

2020-10-14

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2020-10-14

Overview: Turn around Tuesday saw the dollar bounce, particularly against the Australian dollar and European currencies, among the majors.  Sterling pared earlier losses on reports that the UK would not walk away from the talks just yet, while the euro remains on its back foot.

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