Showing posts with label Swiss Franc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swiss Franc. Show all posts

Monday, January 4, 2016

When Not To Put Money In The Bank - Negative Interest Rates in Europe

econfix (Jan 4, 2016) - It seems that in Europe negative interest rates are common place. Below are the current rates of some central banks:
 
European Central Bank -0.3%
Swiss National Bank -0.75%;
Danish Central bank -0.75%
Swedish Central Bank -1.1%
Why are they in negative territory? For all these countries it is the exchange rate against the Euro that is important. Negative interest rates weaken a country’s currency and make imports more expensive and exports cheaper. Furthermore central banks could be trying to prevent a slide into deflation, or a spiral of falling prices that could derail the recovery.
In theory, interest rates below zero should reduce borrowing costs for companies and households, driving demand for loans. In practice, there’s a risk that the policy might do more harm than good. If banks make more customers pay to hold their money, cash may go under the mattress instead. Janet Yellen, the U.S. Federal Reserve chair, said at her confirmation hearing in November 2013 that even a deposit rate that’s positive but close to zero could disrupt the money markets that help fund financial institutions. Two years later, she said that a change in economic circumstances could put negative rates “on the table” in the U.S., and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said he could now cut the benchmark rate below the current 0.5 percent if necessary. Deutsche Bank economists note that negative rates haven’t sparked the bank runs or cash hoarding some had feared, in part because banks haven’t passed them on to their customers. But there’s still a worry that when banks absorb the cost themselves, it squeezes the profit margin between their lending and deposit rates, and might make them even less willing to lend. Ever-lower rates also fuel concern that countries are engaged in a currency war of competitive devaluations. Source: Bloomberg

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Some Astro Trading Rules

Rule # 01 [SP500] = SUN 110, 230, 350 MER (geo)
Rule # 02 [SP500] = SUN 90, 120, 180 JUP (geo)
Rule # 03 [SP500] = SUN 120 SAT (geo)
Rule # 04 [SP500] = SUN 00, 45, 90, 135, 180 SAT (geo)
Rule # 05 [SP500] = MER 120 JUP (geo)
Rule # 06 [SP500] = MER 120 NEP (geo)
Rule # 07 [SP500] = MER 88, 178, 268, 358 (helio)
Rule # 08 [SP500] = MER 120 NEP (geo)
Rule # 09 [SP500] = VEN 120 JUP (geo)
Rule # 10 [SP500] = VEN 00, 120 URA (helio)
Rule # 11 [SP500] = MAR 00, 90, 180 North Node (geo)
Rule # 12 [SP500 + Corn] = MER 00, 90, 180, 270 JUP (geo)
 

Rule # 13 [SP500 + Corn] = MER par VEN
Rule # 14 [Corn] = SUN par MER
Rule # 15 [Corn] = SUN par VEN
Rule # 16 [Corn] = MER 1 degree after retrograde
Rule # 17 [Corn] = MER 1 degree after direct
Rule # 18 [Corn] = MER 14 declination
Rule # 19 [Corn] = VEN 0 declination
Rule # 20 [Corn] = MAR 81, 171, 201, 351 (helio)
Rule # 21 [Soybeans] = VEN 00, 120 JUP (helio)
Rule # 22 [Soybeans] = VEN 00, 120 SAT (geo)
Rule # 23 [Soybeans] = VEN 120 SAT (geo)
 

All examples were calculated and charted with Sergey Tarassov's Timing Solution.

Rule # 24 [Soybeans] = MAR 00, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180 JUP (geo)
Rule # 25 [Soybeans] = MAR 00, 120 SAT (geo)
Rule # 26 [Soybeans] = MAR 60, 124, 188, 252, 316 (geo)
Rule # 27 [US Bonds] = VEN 56, 176, 296 (helio)
Rule # 28 [US Bonds] = JUP 00, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, 120, 135, 150, 165, 180 PLU (geo)
Rule # 29 [Swiss Franc] = MER 00 MAR (geo)
Rule # 30 [Swiss Franc] = MAR 00, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180 JUP (geo)

 

 



Trading the Rules (daily chart) 
1)  Look for a change in trend on a potential astro-turn-date, e.g. if market has been up, look for sell.

2)  Additional energy enters the market on potential astro-turn-dates. If the market has been trading in a range for 4 days or more, trade the breakout of the range.
 

3)  Without an obvious range or direction, do not trade.