When a central bank move surprises the elite stratosphere and top level banking executives are caught flatfooted, that in itself is news. Goldman Sachs shocked with SNB’s decision Such is apparently the case as the Goldman Sachs, whose alumni sit in top economic perches around the world, as the investment bank was caught flatfooted along with many other institutional investors who expressed “surprise” at a Swiss central bank move that jolted markets. When the Swiss National Bank yesterday eliminated the exchange rate floor of 1.20 on the value of the Swiss Franc relative to the Euro currency (the EUR/CHF spread),…
Goldman Sachs, Hedge Funds Caught On Wrong Side of Swiss Franc Trade
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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