Weekly SNB Sight Deposits and Speculative Positions: SNB buying euros at high prices
2021-02-22
Update February 22 2021: SNB intervening. Sight Deposits have risen by +0.1 bn CHF, this means that the SNB is intervening and buying Euros and Dollars: The change is +0.1 bn. compared to last week.
House View, October 2020
2020-10-05
Rising coronavirus cases accompanied by flagging recovery momentum and a fractious run-up to the US elections make prospects for equities highly reliant on 3Q results and further policy stimulus. Against this background we have downgraded our stance on euro area equities from neutral to underweight, following a similar downgrade for US equities in August.
EM Preview for the Week Ahead
2020-09-08
EM performance this week will hinge crucially on whether US equity markets can find some traction. If sustained, last week’s equity rout could lead to a deeper generalized risk-off trading environment this week that would weigh on EM FX and equities.
Ceneri Base Tunnel is officially open
2020-09-07
The Ceneri Base Tunnel has been officially opened, with the first freight train passing through the tunnel in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino shortly after 11:30am. Passengers will have to wait for the new national rail timetable in December.
September Monthly
2020-09-02
The US dollar’s rally in the initial phases of the pandemic has been unwound, and sentiment appears to be the most negative since the Great Financial Crisis. New lows for the year against the euro, Swiss franc, the British pound, Swedish krona, and the Australian dollar were recorded in recent weeks.
Swiss PostBus faces lawsuit in Liechtenstein
2020-09-01
Liechtenstein transport companies are claiming CHF35 million ($38.7 million) in damages against Switzerland’s state-owned PostBus over alleged unfair business practices.
America’s Riots Are Just the Latest Version of Marxist “Syndicalism”
2020-08-31
The year 2020 is one of the most disrupted times in at least the last half century, maybe longer. Global protests and riots, the covid-19 virus, lockdowns, and police killings of unarmed citizens. Add to that widespread rioting, looting, arson, homelessness, and destruction of property, including the tearing down of statues.