The World's Most UNUSUAL Central Bank (that's even LISTED on the STOCK EXCHANGE)

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There are two challenges you should never enter into with a Swiss national: one is skiing and the other is money.
Despite having just over 8.5 million inhabitants and being nestled amongst tranquil mountains, the Swiss Confederation has become not only one of the richest countries in the world but also a safe haven for the world's great fortunes.
However, in this new collaboration with Value School, we are not going to focus so much on the Swiss economy as the very odd institution that has become an important player in the global financial market in recent years: the Swiss central bank, otherwise known as the Swiss National Bank.
The central bank of Switzerland is so peculiar that it is listed on the stock exchange, has the lowest interest rates in the world, and for many experts has already become a real Hedge Fund. Do you want to know more about an institution that in 2019 alone made $50 billion in profits? In this video, we give you all the details.
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[@billybilly7100]

Very poor research - sadly becoming more prevalent in your videos. Maybe slow down the churn rate and spend more time on crafting decent ones

[@peterp4037]

how much does switzerland pay for this ad?.

[@WTFSt0n3d]

Our flag is a huge plus

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[@ekananda9591]

Literally

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

Stonks

[@dariostrassli7024]

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[@economicsinaction]

VisualPolitik: *"You can become a shareholder of the Swiss Central Bank"* Me: *"Write that down! Write that down!"*

[@drunkensailor3736]

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[@eghosa2705]

@@drunkensailor3736 exactly I'm waiting for that

[@hanzz9083]

Norway:"we are better than warren buffet in investment" Swiss:"hold my cheese..."

[@allykid4720]

Buffet: "what you're saying now?"

[@Vamavid]

TLDR The Swiss people are Cantonese

[@viratchhikara992]

hahahaha

[@forlornpreponderance2299]

哈哈哈

[@user-gu1hl2kx2k]

Cantonese are the business people of china

[@uklie01]

Good one 😂

[@Stafford674]

There is nothing strange about a central bank being owned by shareholders. The Federal Reserve is owned by the member banks. The Bank of England was a joint stock company.

[@Skannan1994]

Swiss- Printing "too much" money without causing inflation or losing confidence in the currency. Argentina- Write it down. Write it down. (before the next inflation).

[@sebastianaguiarbrunemeier9192]

In financial markets, perception is everything.

[@SoomNou]

Its all because of negative interest rates, lower taxes and protection of investment, which add value into currency and increase in purchase power. Salute to their economist

[@tonyh1345]

Their monetary policy is god awful, this has to be sarcasm

[@mw1508]

I'd love to invest, but first I need money...

[@chris0000924]

Print it

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

@@chris0000924 Problem: My govt won't let me. Answer: declare independence 🤑🤑🤑

[@economicsinaction]

1:18 thank me later

[@olivers-g4021]

thanks

[@angelvasquez3751]

Thanks

[@LuisRomeroLopez]

Love when everybody knows what the comment is despite the comment is not explicit. :3

[@mitchaid77]

Love your channel. Especially when you talk about my home country 😉 I'm always interested to hear what other people think of Switzerland 🇨🇭 Look forward to your next one 😁

[@ADobbin1]

.28% is still better than the average saving account interest these days.

[@kc-me6wl]

What sad times we live in that this is the norm. Pray these rates don't go negative yet :(

[@kay6096]

Ah yes, another Visualpolitik video where you immediately skip to the third minute coz the first 2 are for selling shit you don't need. Ok at least this time the real talk starts from 01:22.

[@someitguy2175]

KZbin Premium and an adblocker is not enough, also need to spam that skip ahead button on the mobile youtube app.

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Commercials upon commercials upon commercials. I recently seen two ads before I could watch a flipping 30 second video. The ads were longer! KZbin, wtf???!!

[@containedhurricane]

Thanks for the info

[@Nnda8731]

I mean, technically the Swiss National Bank IS a Sovereign Wealth Fund by operation at this point

[@pascoett]

Lowering taxes is competitive in Switzerland. It doesn’t always end well though. Also healthcare costs vary a lot from Canton to Canton.

[@theconqueringram5295]

The Swiss have a lot of cool stuff named after them and that are very popular around the world: -Swiss cheese -Swiss Army knives -Swiss watches -And now Swiss francs

[@xjhonshmitx]

Chocolate

[@dirtmanrock5428]

dog meat...

[@christheswiss390]

Very good video - well done. The cantons are not "kind of" autonomous regions. In Switzerland, euch canton has its own CONSTITUTION and parliament! They are all self governed, but have ceded certain parts of their autonomy to the federal government under the Swiss constitution. Similar to the United States, who's constitution the Swiss took over 150 years ago and then kept improving. This also explains why the Swiss have such liberal gun laws.

[@tejasshrishail2254]

Very informative and fun. Keep up the good work pal!

[@philandeswilliams1975]

great video!

[@Greyman1114]

You guys should do one on the norwegian krone as well

[@hudsoncampbell5064]

I'm intrigued

[@stianberg5645]

Why? Is it special somehow?

[@samuelboston5121]

I've never heard of it, sounds fascinating

[@xjhonshmitx]

Funny how people have never heard about NOK

[@tmxng]

@@xjhonshmitx ...US citizens haha (just kidding)

[@chillbro2275]

Thank you! This was very interesting

[@chutrra]

fantastic explanation, the best economics channel so far!!

[@shaundaly8202]

Great work, so good to see

[@anneeq008]

Who's that woman in the thumbnail? Asking for a friend

[@ChristianDoretti]

I think that's Lizzie Velasquez

[@MbisonBalrog]

Looks like Kate Winslet

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Its the host's girlfriend. Thems fighting words 🙃

[@OnilMarteNavarroza]

7:01 That's Hallstatt in Austria though and not Switzerland.

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Depends. Who made the map? 😋

[@milosm9280]

Close enough

[@dariusrus5335]

Maybe the swiss plan to buy it 😂

[@techtonic_88]

Gra t video, thanks :)

[@wothin]

Switzerland is not a bigger exporter than Germany? Germany has 1, 56 trillion in exports, Switzerland has 0,31 trillion

[@uydudanbak]

Per capita

[@adityagaba6264]

It's relative to their domestic GDP

[@AnthonySmith-pl1ox]

Germany has 10 times more inhabitants. 8m vs 80m

[@lakshminarayan6727]

Irrespective of Export figures, the GOODWILL of Neutrality in International affairs for centuries adds great value to Swiss Franc

[@enricoc4076]

Interesting content. However, Norway has a similar strategy, this is not unprecedented. It's on a video on this channel.

[@udn9930]

The difference is that in Norway they invest with a dedicated sovereign fund ( www.nbim.no/ ) The practical result is similar, but Norway has the advantage of having oil (the fund has the mission of investing the profits resulting from it).

[@thomashausner6962]

The norwegian fund is based on oil. The swiss counterpart only on reputation.

[@AmirtheshPrasad]

It's nice to know that they have such an efficient system

[@HamedEmine]

Thank you for the video, but I was constantly reducing the volume whenever there was music, not sure if I'm the only one

[@atoridolor666]

The audio between segments is too damn loud.

[@delonthomas2772]

Informative how many hours a day u spend studying

[@R3ACHGOD]

Greetings from basel 🇨🇭

[@pomme_paille]

Greetings from Neuchâtel 🇨🇭

[@n1thu284]

@@pomme_paille Greetings from Bern

[@DonHrvato]

Greetings from your EU neighbours 🇪🇺

[@adaptiveaxolotl383]

Sali

[@darrenbutler9819]

@@adaptiveaxolotl383 greetings form Bern

[@ziglerbree4840]

I have been investing in currencies and I was lucky to jump into crypto currencies years ago. I know how much profit I have accumulated in bitcoin. Maybe some day I would be changing my bitcoin to Swiss Franc

[@masonsmith1176]

Yeah, bitcoin has really paid so much dividends to me. I wish I invested much more earlier but I think with the economic and pandemic crisis, there is still a lot to profit from in bitcoin this year

[@loislane7480]

Nothing is more profitable than bitcoin right now, looking into investing into more crypto currencies. No investment or stock looks to have a higher profit margin to this and what's more interesting is if you know how to trade your bitcoin

[@frankgullion9013]

Trading is all about market experience, forecasting and signals. It's also essential to learn to read charts.

[@finnaidyn8079]

Without a guide it will take a lot of work and losses before a newbie can start profiting

[@charlottesmith7953]

How do you know when to get in and out of a particular stock? I am new to stock and bitcoin trading and yet to understand price action.

[@ViNnYBOY1998]

LOL I didn't realise Hallstatt is in Switzerland?! :D 07:01

[@cs2874]

Yes I noticed it too.

[@AdhikrutDE]

Yep! I noticed it too 😅

[@Kreismaker]

Soon... You just wait...

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Fun fact: after ww 1 and 2, a few provinces of germany and France tried to join Switzerland, the neutral and stable country. Switzerland decided not to so as not to be seen as non-neutral...being invaded, its just not them. Personally, I think that would've been a great way to create a european union that would've started out democratic...slowly expanding from the centre of europe.

[@mike398100]

Come thru Midwest! 11:14 Madison, Wisconsin

[@pankajbadola]

Hi please can u make video on Paraguay n Bolivia

[@enricopilotto6070]

Minute 7:00 the Little Village is Hallstatt (Austria - not Switzerland)

[@samuelboston5121]

They dont even know what a bad economic day looks liikee😭

[@moover123]

what do you mean?

[@EvasiveAccntant]

I would also point out that there is the WIR currency which is a currency community that Swiss SMEs can sign up to. The WIR allows to counteract against FX fluctuations and is a fully private entity.

[@zaydansari4408]

Do all the Cantons have equal shares? I assume not. Are payouts to the Cantons based partially or fully based on the amount of shares they hold? Thanks in advance to anyone who knows!

[@dariusrus5335]

950 billion..omfg...only Norway has a little more (over 1 trillion) in fund reserves and to think that my country is -165 billion

[@rudig5698]

I love your content, you even inspired me for my own channel, thank you so much! 🥺❤️

[@My_Take]

Yeah they also inspired my channel. I actually just released a video on the escalation to WAR between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I woonder what Visual Poitik's take on the situation is?

[@kennethstople3969]

Do not enter a challenge wtih a swiss national in skiing? Norwegians: Challenge accepted!!

[@stianberg5645]

Indeed. Hold my drinkhorn

[@valtterihautanen212]

Speechless, where i can short Swiss National Bank?

[@enochlam9936]

I bet they make some good Swiss cheese

[@sallyslife7566]

The music... Fela??

[@sevret313]

"It is said that there are two challenges you should never enter into with a swiss national, one is skiing and the other is money." Unless you're Norway of course.

[@dariusrus5335]

Or Ireland 😂😂

[@sevret313]

@@dariusrus5335 Ireland has zero medals in the Winter Olympics, so no need to fear their skiing abilities.

[@dariusrus5335]

@@sevret313 I was just thinking about the money part :))

[@NarcoSarco]

Come at me Norway 😤

[@johndelacruz8505]

I print paper and call it money. I give these pieces of paper and you give me a part of your company. Sounds good to me.

[@AnthonySmith-pl1ox]

And still everyone buys the paper 😄

[@maxwalker1159]

Interesting

[@Hassan-Cher]

Not all is rosy in Swizerland. Its phenomenally expensive and there is very little choice in its stores. Aldi in Switzerland charges Harrods(London) prices for groceries, which sometimes just consist of rows of tinned carrots and not much else. Even the Swiss are fed up of the cartel food suppliers hold in the country.

[@stevenkothenbeutel448]

at 7:07, I bet Austrians will be asking for a fee for use of Hallstatt footage

[@tomkelly8827]

Careful with those money printers though, too much printing can cause major problems. Just take a look at the history of every country on earth!

[@sfa-voiceofafrica]

That is brilliant. Print pieces of paper and exchange that for tangible assets.

[@samanthakennedy8910]

The wisest thing that should be on every wise individuals list is to invest in different stream of income that don't depend on the government to bring money especially now the pandemic is hitting economy pretty hard

[@auroramadeline3046]

Exactly fine words I've heard all day

[@joewilson4680]

Crypto has become a lucrative and profitable way of making money

[@janetcarlos7965]

Yeah cryptocurrency is really doing well I actually see cryptocurrency taking over the financial world It's making waves

[@edwarddevon5166]

@@janetcarlos7965 I agree 💯 with you

[@edwarddevon5166]

Investing is good but investing in the right thing is the actual key to success

[@nelsoncheetube]

Any chance for CHF going for CBDC?

[@kevindang1331]

Hi, can you make the video about China’s plan for the next 5-10 years?

[@maccurtis730]

When I get on unemployment thinking of buying old Swiss banknotes going to take a look at what I can find.

[@samuelboston5121]

Wooow. They even Export thier currency 😳😮😂😂

[@Darkvega2k7]

Another lovely video about a country I desperately want to visit. Thanks COVID ( -__-)

[@blockavelli]

Not really the federal reserve is also private( just not publicly traded)

[@malgorzatamiroslawakim7187]

I visit pepole very nice Zurich pulled they do the job Very good,

[@dataanalyst9343]

I work for the swiss central bank

[@eric.m5790]

Tell me how I can i want to be in on this scam, money out of thin air to buy real assets.

[@dariostrassli7024]

@@eric.m5790 You have to be a child of Roth

[@eric.m5790]

@@dariostrassli7024 i dont have that luck Lol

[@AnthonySmith-pl1ox]

With or at*

[@VilleHyytiainenInvesting]

This strategy is what I've been wishing my government to do for the past couple years but unfortunately nobody really understands much about economics there.

[@LeCheckmate]

Does your government also produce the most stable, strongest currency in the world?

[@VilleHyytiainenInvesting]

@@LeCheckmate We are part of Euro. Our government is quite low on debt compared to some other Euro countries and interest cost for our government to borrow money is close to 0%. It doesn't make any sense to keep low debt in this economy while other member countries borrow free money and dilute the Euro value. We could increase our government debt to same level with other member countries that are higher in debt but instead of spending all that money create a government wealth fund that compounds the free money and uses tiny portion of the funds annually to cover part of government budget and that way lower citizens taxes to make our country more competitive and boost the economy.

[@Duck-wc9de]

swirzeland is, indeed, a special place.

[@KamiInValhalla]

It is a self sustaining cycle. Its remarkable.

[@AUniqueHandleName444]

IMO Singapore's central bank is much more unique, they don't even control interest rates, they just intervene in the forex markets to control their inflation.

[@Pax_Veritas]

This is good but not fantastic. I am BSc Physics and MSc Finance. If you guys need another eye to look over anything banking or economics, you should really hit me up. There are several half-truths and misconceptions presented here

[@Croydondebruyne]

You might say your the special one 😉

[@billybilly7100]

Totally agree. Many of their videos are now churned out with only cursory research. So when I see incorrect info on things I understand makes me question their other vids. on subjects new to me. I see them as nothing more than an entertainment channel - which is sadly a wasted opportunity as they could be (as they try and present themselves as) a useful resource for information.

[@surajitsarkar3853]

Yaay so fast

[@JAHVARIE_JONES]

I JUST LOVE SWITZERLAND.

[@cnnewyam]

Why am I even paying taxes if they have that much money? 🤔

[@vatsal9387]

Huge FX risk if CHF strengthens . 950bn USD is a very big number. The capital has a huge FX Delta.

[@rc-wingman5719]

04:59 it is the Thunersee.

[@kotgc7987]

Where's all the tuna fish then?

[@michaelzalsos]

I know nothing about swiss finance, i only know about swiss knife and kinda great😂

[@peterp4037]

This channel never say anything positive about other countries, except for switzerland, the ones who finance this channel. What a show....

[@macallen834]

Wow. That is some bank.

[@debajyotidas1]

This is only the second most unusual. First most unusual is Australia Corporation.

[@wizlie2376]

Boj is also on stocks exchange and are safe havens in kind they also buy anykind of etf allround globe.. Not so unique in its kind lol..

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[@barbaraty8921]

Can I invest from Australia

[@michaeltso9826]

Hello 👋 How favourable is the market now . I want to invest in cryptocurrency Can I start with $3000

[@patricajego2739]

I'm a single mum hope investing In Bitcoin will help solve my financial problems?

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That's a nice trading experience with her, I have never seen any Mrs Maureen client's complain about lost or being scammed I think she is a professional broker

[@user-hf2dr7sh4y]

good thing we have tax loopholes in america to send them a lot of money for investments

[@derekmarlowe522]

you must want the govt. to confiscate the money? you are sick...

[@user-hf2dr7sh4y]

@@derekmarlowe522 corporation execs and shareholders never pay for their share for the taxpayer investment and the hard work of the middle class that builds our country up. instead they just export ownership and profits

[@Konstinho]

Austrian here, speaking of skiing, I definetly mess with the swiss :D

[@allenellisdewitt]

So, C-Shares

[@IndraVir01]

Jai Shree Ram.

[@IceglacierArnar]

Brilliant video...thanks

[@nikolasmaes99]

Wouldn't danish crowns be good as well?

[@Andreas_42]

Denmark as a member of the EU is part of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II), therefore the Danish Crown is tied into a fixed range of exchange rate to the Euro.

[@Random17Game]

Dude is totally High!!!

[@bigpapa1954]

The better Germany with funny languages.

[@user-nf9xc7ww7m]

Swiss French- nearly the same and intelligible between the French and Swiss Swiss Italian- nearly the same and intelligible between italians and Swiss Swiss German- wtf????!!!

[@Slithermotion]

@@user-nf9xc7ww7m There are still people in the french region that speak franco provencial and in ticino they also sometimes speak with a lombard dialect. And the swiss can speak standard german if they want to...they just don't like it that much.

[@nyax129]

I dont think i can take you seriously with the fancy shirt

[@shahnawajahmad]

Why there's less Likes.....

[@Vasileski88]

Where is Simon Whistler?

[@phoeniximperator]

one minute and twenty seconds of publicity? I nearly gave up watching

[@patelmalavdev]

Where is simon

[@Mlridge]

Where is Simon

[@DoDoENT]

I would like to see a video about bad stuff in Switzerland. I'm not from there (I'm from the second poorest EU country: Croatia). However, everybody is talking about Switzerland like a perfect place. Is it really so?

[@christiansteiner5782]

The presure in the labormarket is quit high, also in education but its worth it

[@LeCheckmate]

Fuck no. We've had state sanctioned child slavery until the 1970s. And when we looked to make reparations for those, we only offered a laughably small, symbolic sum. And to get that money, the 'Verdingkinder', the former child slaves had to actually fight for that money and prove to an invasive extent that they were indeed sold by the government, retraumatizing them again. After WW2, our biggest child protective institution was headed mainly by two swiss nazi-supporters which carried out a state sponsored genocide against the Jenische. (Forced sterilization of their women, kidnapping of their children, etc.) We're also the first generation of swiss people that grew up knowing we'd all be able to vote. Before 1990, we didn't have universal voting rights. (I.e. women weren't allowed to vote.) We also had proud, open fascists inspired by US republicans leading our biggest party under Schwarzenbach and Blocher. And that's just the bigger stuff. We had a pretty big, invasive police state in the mid-20th century. But that's kinda before my time. Oh, also our lgbtiqa+ protections are laughably weak and hatecrimes aren't taken seriously at all. Also our police is about as unaccountable to the public and as unwilling to change that as the US police __ Like, the Switzerland I grew up in is vastly different compared to the one my parents grew up in.

[@hieuphungminh6690]

Can we borrow the bank's money to buy it's stocks?

[@uydudanbak]

Ww1 or ww2 No soldier or bombs visit the Swissland. Guess why

[@samatar1025]

Also the Federal Reserve Bank is not owned by the state.

[@chrisrus1965]

Starts at 01:29.

[@BlazingiZZi]

Idk, don't you think it's unfair that the bank of swis can just basically print the money out of nothing to buy stocks and bonds, thus generating large amount of profit ? Sorry but I'm a bit dumb at financial economy so if anyone can correct my thought will be appreciated cheers.

[@Shredda27]

So what can you do with risen demand? Either you print money, which causes your money to become „cheaper“ or you don‘t fulfill it and it becomes more expensive. So to keep the currency stable it is needed to print the right amount on new currency. So what to do with the extra amount of foreign cash? Leaving it sitting around wont bring any ROI so it gets invested in new assets(in this case stocks). In the end it is not unfair in a capitalist global market, but in the end the question is how fair you consider capitalism. Hope that helps.

[@gabbar51ngh]

Well the Currency is backed by Switzerland's safe and robust economy. So even if they print, the demand Keeps it off from devaluing.