Rand is likely to see its volatility continue as market proxy
6th November 2019
It used to be said that whenever the US dollar sneezed, the South African rand caught a cold. That...
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Rand uncertainty as the turmoil in Turkey continues
29th August 2018
Emerging market currencies are not having a good year. First it was the Argentinian Peso in May...
Who's actually in charge of the ANC?
20th December 2017
The ANC Elective Conference – Who is actually in charge now? After an exhausting campaign...
Zimbabwe crisis: Rand faces further volatility
15th November 2017
Yet another Round of Bad News for the Rand Over the last week, the rand has continued to weaken...
Long Term Pain for the Rand
26th October 2017
SA’s Medium Term Budget points to Long Term Pain Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba...
The rand is in for a bumpy ride
24th September 2017
The SARB left the repo rate unchanged at 6.75% after the MPC meeting on Thursday. This was...
Zuma and the ZAR
11th August 2017
Jacob Zuma, the ANC and the not so mighty ZAR Jacob Zuma has survived the eighth motion of...
Where is sterling headed?
9th August 2017
Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, spooked the market on Thursday with comments about wages and...
Checking in on Global Markets
19th May 2017
It’s May which means the “Sell in May, and go away” adage is being debated again...
April Currency Review
3rd May 2017
Zuma puts the rand under pressure GBP/ZAR Unsurprisingly, the rand weakened after...
Vive le Macron?
24th April 2017
Euro bulls have cheered the results from the first round of the French elections. Emmanuel Macron...
How low can the Rand go?
24th March 2017
In January last year it seemed like it was all over for the rand. Fifteen months later and it&rsquo...
A Taxing Budget
10th March 2017
While it would be easy to start speculating on the pounds fluctuation since the budget speech on...
Donald's Dollar
7th March 2017
With Donald Trump in office, many are asking what this means for the seemingly all powerful USD...