Switzerland

Uruguay recently completed several cannabis shipments to Europe that helped cement its position as a global cannabis exporter. The events were crowned by a public statement given Monday by president Luis Lacalle Pou, in which he underlined how important the crop is to the country...

Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS) announced its financial results for the year's second quarter on Thursday, amid a backdrop of structural change at the Swiss bank. The bank posted a net income of $1.27 billion in the quarter, up 24% from the similar period a year ago....

Zurich-based investment bank Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS) on Monday confirmed a second spying case reported by Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung earlier last week. What Happened  The Swiss bank said that a member of its executive board, Peter Goerke, was placed under...

A court in Switzerland made things tougher for cannabis businesses by ruling that sale of cannabis flower should carry a 25-percent tax. What Happened In a March 11 decision, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court said that because the flower is smoked in a similar way to cigarettes, it should be...

Bermuda is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 665 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Over time, this subtropical paradise became especially popular among U.S. tourists looking for non-crowded white-sanded beaches, green water and coral reefs. However, there is much more to the...

Dividend growth, as it should be, is a point of emphasis for seasoned income investors. Plenty of issuers of exchange-traded funds have met that demand with a batch of U.S.-focused dividend growth ETFs. Some issuers are also taking the dividend growth approach to international ETFs. BlackRock Inc...

Switzerland is often see as a beacon of economic stability in what can a volatile European scene, but the Swiss franc always looms large for investors considering Swiss equities. Franc strength often weights on Swiss stocks, particularly when the currency is prized as a safe-haven and when gold...

There is no dearth of exchange-traded funds that have “benchmark” status, and plenty of those are believed to be sound gauges of risk appetite. One of the more overlooked ETFs in terms of gauging market sentiment and risk appetite might just be the Ishares MSCI Europe Fincls Sctr Indx...

Cybersecurity has been a hot-button issue in both the public and private sectors over the past year after a spate of hacking attacks left several companies in jeopardy and illustrated that the U.S. government is struggling to keep pace with hackers. With concerns about cyber-terrorism ramping...

A large number of diversified developed-markets exchange-traded funds have exposure to Swiss stocks, with Switzerland often being one of the largest country weights following the U.K. and Japan in those funds. So, it should be good news that Switzerland surprisingly avoided a recession in the...

A Producer Price Index (PPI) is a great indicator for revealing inflation in an economy. The reason being any increases manufacturers pay for goods and raw materials are usually passed on to the consumer, thereby creating an inflation indicator. Switzerland’s PPI has consistently...

As if Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) Taco Bell trying to muscle in on breakfast wasn’t enough, traditional rival, Burger King (NYSE: BKW) has entered the ring and is stealing customers from McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) in the U.S. So said Brian Sozzi of Belus Capital Advisors on Jim Cramer's The Street...

UBS (NYSE: UBS), Switzerland's largest bank by assets, announced Tuesday a 58 percent drop in net profit to 425 million francs. Losses stemming from the Facebook (NYSE: FB) initial public offering (IPO) were 349 million Swiss francs ($356 million). UBS indicated in a statement, "We will take...