Traders Happy to Position for Weaker Swiss Franc
Further ECB easing would increase the chance of SNB intervention
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Option market offers evidence that investors are now increasingly looking for upside protection in euro against the swiss franc, Bloomberg strategist Vassilis Karamanis writes.
Friday’s price action led to speculation that the Swiss National Bank might respond to the European Central Bank’s probable stimulus expansion by intervening to weaken the franc.