Swiss-franc

The Swiss franc has been a winning bet this year for investors seeking safety from dueling debt problems in the U. S. and Europe.

The biggest currency move of the session was seen in the Swiss Franc, which continued to strengthen to record levels against the greenback.

For months, he said, he has wagered the Swiss franc would eventually fall, even as the currency routinely hit record highs against the euro.

The SNB said the massive overvaluation of the Swiss franc posed an acute threat to the Swiss economy and carried the risk of deflation.

The Swiss franc, the only European franc not to have been replaced by the Euro, is used in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Analysts said the the Swiss franc looked oversold on daily charts, having hit its lowest level since early July on Monday.

The Swiss franc has looked like the only paper currency that could act as a safe haven; a kind of Alpine gold.

The Swiss franc is usually seen as a very strong paper currency.

Should it happen, however, the winner could be the Swiss franc, given that the euro has problems of its own.

The U. S. dollar and euro both fell to session lows against the Swiss franc ahead of the Federal Reserve announcement.

S. currency fell during New York trading against the U. K. pound, Australian dollar, yen, Swiss franc and euro.

Investors looking for a safe place to put their money have sought refuge in the Swiss franc.

The British pound, Swedish krona, Swiss franc and Canadian dollar are also trading well above their burger benchmark.

The money that Hungarian households saved on cheap Swiss interest rates has been more than wiped out by the rise in the Swiss franc.

One currency that did not is the Swiss franc (see right-hand chart).

The British pound, the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc remain minor reserve currencies, as those countries are not major powers.

Expensive assets like the Swiss franc might not be as safe as investors hope.

This video shows a notebank of the Swiss franc, in which there is Euler and the solar system with a body with an elliptical orbit.

Traders confirmed that SNB had been active in the market, selling the Swiss franc against the euro and the dollar.

The euro's abrupt rebound from a low against the Swiss franc earlier spurred talk of intervention by the Swiss National Bank.

He confirmed that the country had seen increasing pressure on the Swiss franc as concerns over the eurozone have grown.

The Swiss franc is also trading with a bearish tone, especially versus the dollar after weaker than expected inflation data.

Until recently the chief beneficiaries of a flight to safety were the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc.

It is now at its lowest against the Swiss franc since the euro was adopted in 1999.

The Swiss franc and the yen, both used to fund leveraged carry trades, typically gain in times of market stress.

The Swiss franc, like the yen a source of low-yielding funds for foreign-exchange punters , is 53% overvalued.

The Swiss franc was buoyed by upbeat comments from the Swiss National Bank's chairman and an above-forecast Swiss sentiment survey.

The usual safe havens, the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and US dollar softened slightly as the rally in risk continued overnight.

It might also need, with due respect to the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen, to back its currency with an army and navy.

The Swiss Franc remained lower heading into the London session and traders were still on high alert for any SNB presence.

Likewise, the Swiss franc and Japanese yen are also rising strongly, while riskier currencies look vulnerable in the current environment.

That puts pressure on market favourites like the Swiss franc and the yen.

Both the yen and Swiss franc tend to be beneficiaries when investors are in risk aversion mode.

The sharp rise in the Swiss franc has made it costlier for Swiss-based outfits to pay their wages (see chart).

Manuel Oliveri, a foreign exchange strategist at UBS, said: "Their key interest is to keep the Swiss franc-euro exchange rate capped. "

But the impact of the global financial crisis on Swiss investors themselves could also explain why the Swiss franc has proven so strong.

There are already signs the demand froth is coming off, at least in gold and the Swiss franc.

The Swiss franc is set for a slight reversal in trend and will weaken against the euro, according to the latest poll.

Meanwhile, the Swiss franc - another popular haven currency - weakened against the euro.

Having cut its rates to zero, the Swiss National Bank has bought foreign currency to drive down the Swiss franc.

The euro hit a new low against the Swiss franc, and since Wednesday it's fallen by more than three cents against the dollar.

The European currencies are faring well and the strongest are the euro, Swiss franc and Norwegian krona.

The Swiss franc is also seen by investors as a relative haven and has also strengthened amid global financial unrest.

The dollar would likely suffer in that scenario, too, mostly against the Swiss franc and yen, analysts said.

On the euro, CitiFX strategists said they had closed long euro bets against the dollar, sterling and Swiss franc.

Worried investors shifted funds into traditional safe havens gold and the Swiss franc, which both rose to record highs in dollar terms.

The Swiss franc remains one of the world's dearest currencies.

The Japanese yen, Swiss franc, and U. S. dollar were beneficiaries as investors shunned risk in search of safe havens.

Europe's currency is also notching gains against the yen, sterling, Swiss franc and Australian dollar.

It suggests the Swiss franc is among the world's priciest currencies.

The Swiss franc certainly did well in the 1970s, an era that strategists are frequently citing as the model for recent events.

Gold and the Swiss franc are really the only safe havens.

The yen and Swiss franc, traditional borrowing currencies, are also rallying.

The Swiss franc represents, in UBS's view, the modern equivalent of the old D-mark.

Despite attempts by the Swiss central bank to stem the appreciation, the Swiss franc is overvalued by 68%.

The Swiss franc reached an all-time high against the euro and yields on ten-year German Bunds dropped to an eight-month low of 2. 6%.

Traders also have speculated that losses were tied to recent sharp movements in the Swiss franc.

In other words, the Philippine peso is the world's most undervalued currency, the Swiss franc its most overvalued.

Similarly, the Swiss National Bank's efforts to contain the Swiss franc haven't stopped it from gaining 13. 4% against the euro this year.

That presents risks to growth that should continue to favor the Swiss franc, Mohi-uddin added.

Gold also reached record highs in sterling, euro and Swiss franc terms earlier this month.

In other words, the yuan is the most undervalued currency, the Swiss franc the most overvalued.

Gold is 17% higher in Swiss-franc terms than it was at the start of 2010.

It dropped below the $2 level against sterling and lost ground against both the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen.

When the markets are in risk-averse mode then the yen, Swiss franc and Gold and other precious metals tend to perform well.

This is leading to excessive price movements and 1-month at-the-money volatility is 19% for the zloty versus 12% for the Swiss franc.

The Swiss franc has appreciated by almost 8% against the euro this year.

So the SNB faces an uphill battle to curb the Swiss franc's appreciation.

A 15-month solo effort by Switzerland which ended earlier this year did little to tame the Swiss franc.

Currencies with low interest rates, such as the Swiss franc and Japanese yen, rose and volatility increased all round.

It also hit record lows against the euro and the Swiss franc.

The Swiss franc is another potential trouble spot.

In the past two months, investors have preferred the Swiss franc, the Japanese yen and gold.

The Swiss franc is one answer. Gold has its fans too.

The euro fell to a record low versus the Swiss franc and its worst level in two months against sterling.

The national bank vowed to intervene in the currency markets in order to prevent the Swiss franc from appreciating further against the euro.

We have long argued that the Norwegian krone is a better safe haven play than the Swiss franc.

It is likely sitting on a substantial loss on its 11 billion Swiss franc ($10. 7 billion) investment in UBS.

But there is one exception to the rule: the Swiss franc.

Comparing currencies on April 22nd, the biggest loser has been the Swiss franc, which has fallen by 8. 4% this year.

After the Fed's announcement the Swiss franc leapt to a record high against the dollar.

The euro had an even rougher day against the Swiss franc, falling to a record low of 1. 2270 francs, down about 1 percent from late Tuesday.

The currency crisis manifests itself, however, in the exchange rate to the Swiss franc or the price of gold.

The dollar was at 0. 8769 Swiss franc from 0. 8636 franc late Friday.

When you see the abbreviation SFRS, you'd know this is Swiss Franc: such as.

Against the Swiss franc, the euro fetched 1. 2457 franc, off a record low of 1. 2323 franc hit on Monday.

The dollar was up 0. 2 percent against the Swiss franc at 0. 8529 francs, hovering near a record low of 0. 8457 hit Monday on EBS.

The Swiss franc is up against all main currencies, prompting the Swiss National Bank to cut interest rates almost to zero on August 3rd;

The Aussie dollar has replaced the Swiss franc as the world's fifth most traded currency

Swiss Franc vs US Dollar

The Aussie dollar has replaced the Swiss franc as the world's fifth most traded currency

Swiss Franc vs US Dollar