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Posts related to ‘Swiss Franc’

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Credit Suisse Adopts Negative Rate

Posted: December 3, 2012 at 11:47 am

Uber bank Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) said today that it would begin charging customers a negative interest rate on deposits of Swiss francs beginning on December 10th. The bank ...
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Currency Intervention’s Impact on the Price of Gold (GLD, IAU, FXF, ERO, DRR)

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 11:01 am

Currency traders really don't like governments to intervene in the global currency market. Such moves tilt the playing field in unexpected ways that can cause traders to unwind positions that ...
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Media Digest (8/5/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 6:25 am

Wall St. had its worst sell-off in two years (Reuters) Regulators have begun to tussle over interpretations of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill (Reuters) LinkedIn (NYSE: LNK) posted strong earnings ...
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Yield Curve on CDS Flips – An Opportunity in ETFs? (UUP, UDN, FXF, TIP, STPZ)

Posted: July 27, 2011 at 10:36 am

As the debate continues over raising the US debt ceiling, market reaction has been reasonably muted, most likely because in the entire history of the US no such occasion has ...
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A Bubble In Ultimate Safety Currency?… The Swiss Franc (FXF, EWL)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 10:05 am

You have witnessed the carnage spreading in Europe of late, nothing new there. But what is new is the increasing extreme reading that has been building in "the ultimate safety ...
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