March was, as expected, characterised by central banks increasing interest rates to contain runaway consumer price inflation (CPI),...

Indications are for “less-COVID-19-disruptive-but-still-lower” global economic growth; high but declining global consumer price inflation...

SA’S REAL ECONOMY In April 2021, the IMF raised its forecast for SA real GDP growth to 3.1% for 2021 and 2.0% for 2022, from 2.8% and...

Economic growth rates for 2021 and 2022 are being revised upward on a regular basis in especially developed markets who provided an...

March 2021 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators International equities...

February 2021 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators A strong showing in...

January 2021 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators Following a strong...

Let's first review recent asset class performances: The last decade has been filled with event risks including the Great Financial...

December 2020 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators International markets...

November 2020 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators Markets performed...

October 2020 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators October struck again! A...

September 2020 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators A pull-back in...

August 2020 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators By far the biggest...

July 2020 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators A number of countries...

June 2020 Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators Internationally the strong...

Share markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments, domestic economic indicators The strong recovery in financial...

February 2020 Markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments Markets are in a state of fear, driven by Covid-19 virus...

January 2020 Markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments Two events affected markets negatively in January - the...

December 2019 Markets, exchange rates, commodities, international developments Two of the three major issues that impacted the economy...