Switzerland

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<bR> <div> <B>2007  +14.7</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" SRC="http://context3.kanoodle.com/cgi-bin/context.cgi?id=80085957&db=context&query=finance:investing&cgroup=home&format=sky&newtarget=1&width=120&numresults=1&first=1 "></SCRIPT>  </B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Switzerland </B><B>                     </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Major World Stock Indices"><U><B>Back to List of Indices</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" SRC="http://context3.kanoodle.com/cgi-bin/context.cgi?id=80085957&db=context&query=finance:investing&cgroup=home&format=468x60&newtarget=1 "></SCRIPT>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="372" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#swiss_weekly" TITLE="Switzerland "><U><B>Switzerland (Weekly)</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="176"><div> <A HREF="#notes" TITLE="Switzerland "><U><B>Notes & Links</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#swiss_monthly" TITLE="Switzerland "><U><B>Switzerland (Monthly)</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="176"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="176" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="628" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 78 WIDTH="588"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>Switzerland </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B> Index (</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>weekly),</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><B>20 week exponential average in</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336600" FACE="Courier New" ><B>green</B></FONT><B>, 5 week exponential average in</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Courier New" ><B>red,</B></FONT><B> 52 week ROC (rate of change) in</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Courier New" ><B>yellow,</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><B>MACD (moving average convergence divergence) in </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Courier New" ><B>green.</B></FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div> <B> <A NAME="swiss_weekly"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="588"> <IMG SRC="../../images/de/world/ssmi.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="38" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="588"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>Switzerland </B><B>Index</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>monthly chart,</B></FONT><B> the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>red </B></FONT><B>line is a 24 month exaverage, the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Courier New" ><B>yellow</B></FONT><B> line is a 6 month exaverage.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div>  <A NAME="swiss_monthly"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="588"> <IMG SRC="../../images/de/worldm/ssmim.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="38" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 25 WIDTH="588"><div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a801180099ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Switzerland Notes & Links:</U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div> <B> <A NAME="notes"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 230 WIDTH="588"><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/11/07 UBS announced it will write down $10 billion in US subprime investments.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/6/07 Switzerland Nov. Unemployment rate rose to 2.7%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">3/16/06 The Swiss National Bank raised rates from 1.00% to 1.25%</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/28/05 The Swiss government reduced its 2005 growth estimate from 2.0% to 1%.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/26/04 Switzerland's GDP was up 0.4% in the third quarter, slightly less than expected. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/18/04 SECO, the Swiss economics ministry, said it lowered slightly its 2005 GDP growth forecast to 2.0 pct from its previous forecast of 2.3 pct</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="230" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://fry.webtistic.com/philip.php?id=71"></script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.webtistic.com/"> <img SRC="http://fry.webtistic.com/hit.php?a=71" border="0" alt="Webtistic - Traffic Analysis"> </a></noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>