why would they defend USDCHF Sherlock? they care about EURo which is where most of their stuff is exported to. nice article here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/uk-swiss-snb-intervention-idUKTRE78723920110908 nb.: i exited today my long EURCHF as the next few days may be a bit challenging on Greece front (especially tomorrow when the deal with bondholders fails). looking for a better exit closer to 1.2000.
oh, by the way. the Greece will default this weekend. Portugal, Ireland, Italy will also in October. SNB remedy: buy any amount of EUR currency Swiss citizens: well, you're experts, lets do it!
yes, it buys the greatest, safest and most rewarding assets in the western world Swiss banks could capture massive amounts of money which will be taken out of german, french, spanish banks. But they've chosen to sink on the same boat. Hilarious.
Yep, that's right, they buy short-dated German bonds... So what do you think is going to happen to German bonds if Greece defaults and the rest of the PIIGS follow?
Ah, OK, so you actually don't have a clue what's going on and are just sorta generally making random statements?