The question of Switzerland’s positioning in the world, and within the unstable eurozone, can be answered only if we at the same time subject the 27 member countries of the European Union, the whole continent of Europe, and its role in the world to a fundamental analysis. Any analysis of the accelerating state [...]
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Posted on October 17th, 2011
The debt crisis and plummeting value of the euro are but symptoms of a far more serious leadership problem within the EU. Switzerland, surrounded by this crisis-struckregion, must strike a delicate balancing act between autonomy and cooperation. Following therecent pegging of the Swiss franc to the euro, the latest Wegelin Investment Commentary advises [...] Posted on August 31st, 2011
The ever-expanding debt boil is set to burst, and the more powerful the countries involved, the more painful the realisation that even governments cannot go on borrowing indefinitely. The current turbulence on the financial markets is rooted in deep-seated doubts about whether politicians and central banks really have what it takes to solve [...] Posted on July 17th, 2011
While Asia has successfully established a leading position in the worldeconomy, soaring sovereign debt in western industrialised nations has so far conspicuously failedto translate into economic recovery. The West urgently needs to adapt to this reality if it is torestore the credibility of the institutions involved and put its economies back on solid [...] Posted on April 10th, 2011
The European Union stands at a crossroads: Its European Financial Stability Facility with effectively available funds of EUR 250 billion is counteracted by estimated financing needs of EUR 1,000 billion for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain over the next three years. Should efficient, market-driven debt-restructuring take place or should the illusion of [...] 3 pages
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