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Switzerland’s Most Important Stock-Market Barometer: What Is the SMI?

25 Mar 2024 7 minutes

The SMI is the most prominent stock index in Switzerland and is a reflection of the country’s economy. But what else is the SMI important for, and how does it work? Read below what lies behind the SMI and what role it plays in the financial market.

People & Culture

Leveraging Parents, Schools, and Social Media to Increase Youth Financial Literacy

24 Jan 2024 5 minutes

Financial literacy is at its lowest in the young and elderly segments of the population. Discover in this blog post how businesses can employ social media to get youths interested in financial topics.

Payment Transactions

Smart Payments: Wearables as an Extension of Mobile Wallets

11 Jan 2024 4 minutes

Banks in Switzerland can now allow their customers to pay with their debit cards via wearables. Read in this blog post what wearables and mobile wallets are, how they work, and how you can use them to make payments.

Crypto

The Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology on Asset Trading – 3 Examples

05 Oct 2023 4 minutes

Distributed Ledger Technology is changing the way assets are being traded today. Read how settlement is accelerated and trust is created in a decentralized way and what advantages smart contracts and tokenization have.

Stock Exchanges

Company Reports Concern All of Us to Some Degree, but How Do I Read Them Correctly?

14 Sep 2023 5 minutes

Whoever invests in stocks self-evidently owns shares in a given company. But how does one stay abreast of its business performance? Read below why company reports reveal much more about an enterprise than just bare numbers.

Payment Transactions

Financial Parenting: How Parents Influence Their Children’s Financial Behavior

16 Mar 2023 5 minutes

Children first have to learn how to handle money responsibly. Parents play an important role here. Read about what financial parenting means in the following interview with Andrea Schmid-Fischer. The head of budget counseling and the advisory office for financial support for young adults at the Frauenzentrale Luzern explains how parents can help their children acquire financial literacy.

Stock Exchanges

What Does a Finfluencer Actually Do?

23 Feb 2023 4 minutes

Angela Mygind is a finfluencer known by the pseudonym Miss Finance. She imparts financial knowledge to her audience in an easy-to-understand way on her media channels. How did she set that up? And what does the job of a finfluencer entail? Read on in this blog post to find out.

Crypto

Digital Assets: Let’s Talk about Tokens

16 Feb 2023 4 minutes

Blockchain and distributed ledger technology in general have given birth to a dizzying array of new terminology, including terms like “crypto,” “coin,” and “token.” Learn below what a token is and what types of tokens exist.

Financial Data

What Actually Is an ESG Index?

02 Feb 2023 5 minutes

Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue in the financial sector. Investing is no longer just about profitability, but also about an investment’s social and environmental impact. ESG indices can serve as a basis for sustainable investment products. Read below about what an ESG index is and how one comes into being.

Stock Exchanges

What Causes Inflation, and Is It Followed by a Recession?

26 Jan 2023 5 minutes

The prices of many goods have risen in recent months. Talk of inflation is on everyone’s tongue. Read below how inflation originates, when a recession arrives, and what that means for stock markets.

Company Growth

Private Equity vs. Public Equity: Learn about the Different Ways to Capital

12 Jan 2023 5 minutes

If you need money to grow as a company, you can obtain debt capital from a bank. The alternative would be to create equity capital. But how does that work? And what again is the difference between private equity and public equity?

Stock Exchanges

Investing in the Stock Market: 3 Reasons Why You Should Start Today

03 Nov 2022 5 minutes

The economy is trending downward, stock prices are falling, and inflation rates are on the upswing. Read on to discover why, in spite of this – or perhaps because of it – now is a good time to start investing in the stock market.

Payment Transactions

Finance for Kids: Inspired by Shelley Zalis – A Podcast on the Foundations of Financial Confidence

07 Oct 2022 18 minutes

Mara Harvey has made it her mission to teach children – and their parents – the basics of successful wealth building. In our podcast, learn about the importance of starting early to talk to your kids about money and the role gender equality fighters like Shelley Zalis have in this.

Financial Market Infrastructure

Special Exhibition at the Swiss Finance Museum: From the Very First Bank to Neobanks

21 Sep 2022 4 minutes

The new special exhibition “Banks in Transition: From Counters to Apps” has opened at the Swiss Finance Museum. Read below how you can experience the technological transformation of the banking industry in Zurich.

Payment Transactions

The End of Swiss Payment Slips: How to Keep Your Standing Orders Activated and Working

30 Aug 2022 3 minutes

The payment slips customarily used in Switzerland will be definitively replaced by QR-bills on September 30, 2022. This has a number of repercussions, including for your standing orders. Find out in our blog post what you have to do now to ensure that all of your payments continue to arrive at their destination.

Payment Transactions

Swiss Instant Payment: How and When Will Payments Work “Instantly”?

28 Jul 2022 4 minutes

Even if it might feel different for consumers, instant payment has yet to be introduced in Switzerland. Seen, purchased, paid for – read on to find out when payments in Switzerland will be as simultaneous as this triad of consumerism already sounds today.

Stock Exchanges

How Do Stock Exchange Quotes Get on Television?

17 Mar 2022 5 minutes

Every weekday, just before the evening news, Swiss Television presents the latest stock market prices on its financial news show SRF Börse. Where do the quotes actually come from? And how do they get on TV?

Stock Exchanges

Zürich, Switzerland

Financial Literacy: Key to Success

24 Feb 2022 6 minutes

Financial literacy can improve both your understanding, and your ability to use financial skills. What financial literacy means is explained below by Andrea Weidemann, director of the Swiss Finance Museum.

Crypto

Can You Buy an NFT for a Hundred Swiss Francs? A Self-Experiment, Part 2

26 Jan 2022 9 minutes

Is it possible to buy an NFT for 100 Swiss francs or less? In the first part of this story, I got derailed by the exorbitant fees on the Ethereum blockchain. I’ll give it a try now on Solana. Will it work this time?

Crypto

Can You Buy an NFT for a Hundred Swiss Francs? A Self-Experiment, Part 1

19 Jan 2022 9 minutes

Can a person buy an NFT for 100 Swiss francs? Never did I expect that seeking an answer to that question would turn into a veritable odyssey. But read for yourself how the journey took me to the brink of despair and back again, and learn what an NFT is in the first place.

Financial Data

Christian Bahr

LIBOR and SARON: What Is the Difference?

06 Jan 2022 3 minutes

The controversial LIBOR standard for reference interest rates will no longer be supported in 2022. SARON, which is calculated by SIX, has provided an alternative for the Swiss franc market since as far back as 2009. What are the advantages of SARON over LIBOR? Christian Bahr, Head Index Services at SIX, explains it in this blogpost.

Stock Exchanges

Prof. Thorsten Hens

When Emotional Investment Is a Bad Thing

06 Jul 2021 7 minutes

Obviously, investors have an objective: returns. But that’s not the only thing that counts. You also have to feel comfortable with your investment strategy. Investing isn’t an exact science. Our investment decisions are governed by psychological factors.

Stock Exchanges

Traders Learning the Ropes

28 Apr 2021 3 minutes

Philippe Kayasseh, Senior Education Specialist at SIX, is jointly responsible for educational and advanced training courses concerning the SIX Swiss Exchange and the financial markets. The course offerings are aimed at traders and reporting agents in and outside Switzerland and include accredited certification and recertification courses.

Stock Exchanges

Inspired by Margarete Steiff: The Will to Make It Happen

16 Feb 2021 21 minutes

On our podcast, Andrea Weidemann, Director of the Swiss Finance Museum, tells the moving story of Margarete Steiff and recounts surprising anecdotes about successful entrepreneurs behind historical securities.

Stock Exchanges

Welcome to the Guided Tour of the Madrid Stock Exchange

02 Feb 2021 2 minutes

A new 360-degree virtual guided tour allows visitors to explore the historic building that houses the Madrid Stock Exchange. Walk through different rooms, access information points, and learn about the exciting history of the Madrid Stock Exchange, which has been part of SIX since June 2020.

Stock Exchanges

“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

17 Nov 2020 6 minutes

Impact investing is a trending topic. As a specific form of impact investing gender lens investing focuses particularly on gender equality and the inclusion of women in the economy. How does this topic influence the financial industry? What are the social and economic impacts when investing with a gender lens? And how does it pay off for investors? SIX asked three experts on the subject at a panel discussion in Zurich.

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Switzerland’s Most Important Stock-Market Barometer: What Is the SMI?

Leveraging Parents, Schools, and Social Media to Increase Youth Financial Literacy

Smart Payments: Wearables as an Extension of Mobile Wallets

The Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology on Asset Trading – 3 Examples

Company Reports Concern All of Us to Some Degree, but How Do I Read Them Correctly?

Financial Parenting: How Parents Influence Their Children’s Financial Behavior

What Does a Finfluencer Actually Do?

Digital Assets: Let’s Talk about Tokens

What Actually Is an ESG Index?

What Causes Inflation, and Is It Followed by a Recession?

Private Equity vs. Public Equity: Learn about the Different Ways to Capital

Investing in the Stock Market: 3 Reasons Why You Should Start Today

Finance for Kids: Inspired by Shelley Zalis – A Podcast on the Foundations of Financial Confidence

Special Exhibition at the Swiss Finance Museum: From the Very First Bank to Neobanks

The End of Swiss Payment Slips: How to Keep Your Standing Orders Activated and Working

Swiss Instant Payment: How and When Will Payments Work “Instantly”?

How Do Stock Exchange Quotes Get on Television?

Financial Literacy: Key to Success

Can You Buy an NFT for a Hundred Swiss Francs? A Self-Experiment, Part 2

Can You Buy an NFT for a Hundred Swiss Francs? A Self-Experiment, Part 1

LIBOR and SARON: What Is the Difference?

When Emotional Investment Is a Bad Thing

Traders Learning the Ropes

Inspired by Margarete Steiff: The Will to Make It Happen

Welcome to the Guided Tour of the Madrid Stock Exchange

“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

#financial literacy

Read all articles about: financial literacy

Switzerland’s Most Important Stock-Market Barometer: What Is the SMI?

Leveraging Parents, Schools, and Social Media to Increase Youth Financial Literacy

Smart Payments: Wearables as an Extension of Mobile Wallets

The Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology on Asset Trading – 3 Examples

Company Reports Concern All of Us to Some Degree, but How Do I Read Them Correctly?

Financial Parenting: How Parents Influence Their Children’s Financial Behavior

What Does a Finfluencer Actually Do?

Digital Assets: Let’s Talk about Tokens

What Actually Is an ESG Index?

What Causes Inflation, and Is It Followed by a Recession?

Private Equity vs. Public Equity: Learn about the Different Ways to Capital

Investing in the Stock Market: 3 Reasons Why You Should Start Today

Finance for Kids: Inspired by Shelley Zalis – A Podcast on the Foundations of Financial Confidence

Special Exhibition at the Swiss Finance Museum: From the Very First Bank to Neobanks

The End of Swiss Payment Slips: How to Keep Your Standing Orders Activated and Working

Swiss Instant Payment: How and When Will Payments Work “Instantly”?

How Do Stock Exchange Quotes Get on Television?

Financial Literacy: Key to Success

Can You Buy an NFT for a Hundred Swiss Francs? A Self-Experiment, Part 2

Can You Buy an NFT for a Hundred Swiss Francs? A Self-Experiment, Part 1

LIBOR and SARON: What Is the Difference?

When Emotional Investment Is a Bad Thing

Traders Learning the Ropes

Inspired by Margarete Steiff: The Will to Make It Happen

Welcome to the Guided Tour of the Madrid Stock Exchange

“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

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