Tag Archive: Featured

US election: Red flags for investors

2020-10-25

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2020-10-25

Outlook and wider impact. As showcased during the debates and in the entire campaign rhetoric, politicians in the US but also in Europe, are solely focused on promoting solutions that only serve to paper over the problems and address the symptoms of the disease.

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Swiss consumers want repair label on electronic appliances

2020-10-24

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2020-10-24

No less than 98% of people polled by a consumer protection alliance are in favour of a labelling system that evaluates the repairability of electronic and household appliances. Most of them were also prepared to pay more for a product that offered specific repair guarantees.

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Consumer Confidence Indicator: Anesthesia

2020-10-24

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2020-10-24

European Commision Consumer Confidence Indicator, 2006-2020
Europeans are growing more downbeat again. While ostensibly many are more worried about a new set of restrictions due to (even more overreactions about) COVID, that’s only part of the problem. The bigger factor, economically speaking, is that Europe’s economy has barely moved, or at most not moved near enough, off the bottom.

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How Decades of Media and Faculty Bias Have Pushed America to the Left

2020-10-24

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2020-10-24

It’s been clear for decades that national news organizations such as CNN and the New York Times tend to be biased in favor of social democracy (i.e., “progressivism”) and what we would generally call a “left-wing” ideology.

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World Data Forum: strong international cooperation for quality data

2020-10-23

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2020-10-23

22.10.2020 - The United Nations World Data Forum took place from 19 to 21 October 2020 in digital format due to COVID-19. The event brought together several thousand experts to find innovative solutions in order to meet the need for better quality data to implement the 2030 Agenda and to control the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: false positives rare, according to Swiss experts

2020-10-23

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2020-10-23

There is an idea circulating that many of the positive PCR tests results for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Switzerland are false, results which are known as false positives. However, according to experts interviewed by RTS, PCR test false positives are rare.

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Dollar Catches Modest Bid but Weakness to Resume

2020-10-23

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2020-10-23

Cross-Market Implied Vol, 2020
Geopolitical tensions have risen after US officials accused Russia and Iran of meddling in the elections; the dollar has caught a modest bid today. Stimulus talks continue; Pelosi warned that a deal may not come together before the November 3 election; whether Republican Senators change their minds after the elections depends on the outcome.

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Is the US Election the “Cork in the Bottle” for Gold and Silver?

2020-10-23

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2020-10-23

Gold Price Chart
Today we are taking our weekly look at the charts for gold and silver. Republicans and Democrats continue to play the “will they, won’t they?” game over another stimulus package in a Covid19 ravaged US economy. An agreement on a package will ultimately be seen as positive for the markets but, with the US Election just weeks away this may prove to prolong negotiations or postpone decisions until the results of the election are clear and...

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Central Banks and the Problem with Playing God

2020-10-23

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2020-10-23

Audio Mises Wire
It seems the reach and influence of central banks has never been higher, yet they are increasingly flying blind in an environment where central bank tools are growing ever more imprecise and dangerous.

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FX Daily, October 22: Greenback Stabilizes

2020-10-22

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2020-10-22

Two sets of talks have riveted attention, and both appeared to have made progress yesterday. After some words, the EC, recognizing the importance of UK sovereignty, UK Prime Minister Johnson signaled a resumption of trade talks.

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Occupational mobility: nearly 20 percent of employed persons left their job between 2018 and 2019

2020-10-22

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2020-10-22

Reason for leaving a position (gross rotation rate)
22.10.2020 - In Switzerland, 19.2% of people who pursued a professional activity left their job between 2018 and 2019. Mobility is particularly strong among young people, people with a fixed-term contract or working in the hotel and restaurant sector.

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Everything is Staged

2020-10-22

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2020-10-22

All the staging is a means to an end, and everyone in America is nothing more than a means to an end: close the sale so the few can continue exploiting the many. You know how realtors stage a house to increase its marketability: first, they remove all evidence that people actually live there.

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Coronavirus: Switzerland hits new daily record

2020-10-22

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2020-10-22

On 21 October 2020, Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) reported 5,596, new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection over 24 hours.

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Coronavirus: Geneva hospital feels strain as number of patients rises

2020-10-22

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2020-10-22

In Geneva, the number hospitalised with Covid-19 has reached 134, the highest it has been since the first wave in spring. On Friday 16 October 2020, there were 94 patients. This represents a jump of 43% in 3 days.

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Was Hoppe Wrong About Democracy?

2020-10-22

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2020-10-22

Hans-Hermann Hoppe has shown in his writings on democracy that democracy leads to economic impoverishment and political disaster under certain conditions.  But what are those conditions, and are they dominant in electoral institutions in the United States today?

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FX Daily, October 21: Dollar Slumps as Yields Rise

2020-10-21

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2020-10-21

Overview:  The dollar is falling against most of the world's currencies today, even as long-term yields rise to the most in four months and drags global yields higher.  The US 10-year yield is pushing above 0.80%, and the 30-year is above 1.60%. 

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Second Covid Wave in Europe, Rest of the World still Unaffected

2020-10-21

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2020-10-21

The second wave of the Coronavirus is currently raging in Europe. The attached image shows the number of newly infected people in European countries on a linear scale. In particular in the Czech republic, but also in Switzerland, France or Spain, one can see a tendency of exponential growth.

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The New Tyranny Few Even Recognize

2020-10-21

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2020-10-21

Clearly, the Fed reckons the public is foolish enough to believe the Fed's money will actually be "free." It's pretty much universally recognized that authorities use crises to impose "emergency powers" that become permanent.

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Coronavirus: rapid tests prove reliable, according to Swiss study

2020-10-21

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2020-10-21

SARS-CoV-2 tests that give results in 15 minutes scored well on sensitivity, according to a study by Unisanté in Lausanne, Switzerland. The tests, which involve taking a sample of nasal secretions from the back of the nose and throat, test for a protein present in the virus.

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Dollar Soft as Markets Await Fresh News and Rumours

2020-10-21

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2020-10-21

USD YTD Performance, 2020
The dollar is coming under pressure again; markets are finally waking up to the fact that a stimulus deal before 2021 is unlikely; 10-year Treasury yields have been trading in a narrow range for months.

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