posted by
AnnJ
49 days ago
in EUR, CHF
By Gerry Davies || April 7, 2012 at 08:19 GMT Andy: The damage that the market will inflict on the SNB and the Swiss economy will be huge if they do not act next... Bob: last weeks eur/chf dip below 1.2 intentional to lure speculative shorts, ...
posted by
superpotato
50 days ago
in CHF, Economic Indicators
They are trying to avoid deflation be devaluing the... Mike2: Adam, Thanks for your recommendation on shorting the USD/JPY this am at NFP release. Caught it beautifully.... Tak: The CHF net short at CME was around 15k on March 27 while it hit 20k ...
posted by
BhadrakshRocks
50 days ago
in USD, CHF
The Fed did not change their longer-run assessment of the economy and inflation, so expectations for monetary policy should remain rather unchanged as well. A first rate hike in late 2014 still seems appropriate. A further round of QE remains possible ...
posted by
FXEmpire
50 days ago
in EUR, CHF, Technical
The EUR/CHF pair fell during the session on Thursday as the bears got involved in the pair en masse. The pair actually managed to fall below the well-known “minimum acceptable exchange rate” as set by the Swiss National Bank at 1.20, and as a res
posted by
LadyGodiva
50 days ago
in CHF
The pound slipped a bit as the week progressed. There were no surprises from the BoE decision which left both interest rates and asset purchase targets unchanged. EUR/CHF finally tested the floor at 1.2000 aided by better Swiss PMI data.
posted by
forexalliancecom
51 days ago
in EUR, CHF, Fundamental
Swiss franc buying accelerated in the overnight as traders continue to remain concerned over the state of the European Union after Spanish bond yields marched higher. Spanish benchmark 10-year bond yields rose to 5.75% – a level not seen since t
posted by
ejc
51 days ago
in CHF, Fundamental, Daily
I’m not entirely sure how to feel about the SNB. Most retail broker screens seem to have a bottomed around 1.1995, EBS shows 1.1990, Bloomberg says 1.1999 but there is no consensus. Let’s take a look at how the major financial press has character
posted by
FXTimes
51 days ago
in EUR, CHF, Technical
The EUR/CHF has been hovering above 1.2030 since February with minimal volatility except for the few days before the SNB quarterly policy meeting back in mid -March. Since then, the market has been testing the 1.2030 range support. During the 4/4
posted by
ashpotter
51 days ago
in CHF
Reserves with IMF totaled CHF 3.09 billion, compared to CHF 3 billion a month ago. SDRs came in at CHF 4.46 billion in March versus CHF 4.45 billion in the prior month. At the same time, gold holdings fell to CHF 50.14 billion from CHF 53.44 billion in ...
posted by
Cittiperth
51 days ago
in CHF
The cross is trimming early losses on Thursday after the inflation figures in Switzerland have surprised to the upside in March, advancing 0.6% MoM, vs. +0.4% expected and up from February's +0.3%. Over the last twelve months ...
posted by
forexpromos
51 days ago
in USD, CHF, Daily
Sentiment is further hurt by the FOMC minutes as hopes for further quantitative easing by the Fed to boost the economy start to fade.
posted by
FXEmpire
51 days ago
in EUR, CHF, Technical
The EUR/CHF pair fell on Wednesday as the markets continues to punish the Europeans for debt issues. The Spanish had trouble selling bonds, and the markets reacted like you would expect…by selling the Euro on the whole. The European Central Bank