FN
Asset Classes
Entities
List of All Entities
Entity Types
Events
List of All Events
Event Types
Factors
Industries
Locations
List of All Locations
Location Types
People
List of All People
List of all Positions
Publications
List of All Publications
Publication Types
Strategies
Terms
Theories
Tilts
Wisdom
Terms
Home
Terms
Currency
Swiss Franc
Swiss Franc
Nick Name
Franc
Parent term
Currency
The Swiss Franc (Franc) is the currency of Switzerland
More about Swiss Franc
Discusses The Following
Experts
Child Terms
Notes
The Franc is considered to be very safe and stable
Investors
purchase Francs when markets are volatile
When there is large Franc
demand
, the
SNB
prints more Francs and buys assets around the world (to keep the Franc stable)
2015 Franc
Volatility
On 1/15/2015 the Franc went up 17-18% against the dollar/euro
This was an unheard of
currency
swing in a single day