Global equity markets are up strongly in the first seven months of the year, but encountered three stumbling blocks last week. The first...

The new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) – its third in four years – has promised to take the country out of the European Union...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank unanimously voted to cut its policy interest rate last week. This...

Financial news was dominated over the past week by the run- up to the meeting between the presidents of China and the USA at the G20...

Sir Alex Ferguson is widely regarded as the best football manager of all time. He was the manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013...

Trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies are front and centre again and markets are jittery. In fact, after the initial...

While the focus was supposed to be on last week’s national election, US President Trump stole the show by raising tariffs on Chinese...

Expectations of global economic growth are being cut, but equity markets both here and abroad have zoomed ahead this year. How does this...

Being in your 20’s is a time of wonder, of newly discovered independence and carefree fun. There are very few older people who would say...

South Africans were left cursing in the dark during last week’s stage four load shedding, which, if it continues, will damage economic...

President Ramaphosa’s announcement that the government intends to push ahead with nationalising the SA Reserve Bank ruffled feathers...

In his Budget Speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced an increase of R15 billion in tax paid by consumers. Fuel levies will...

A year ago, on the eve of President Ramaphosa’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA), the rand was trading at R11.56 per US dollar....

After December’s market carnage, global equities bounced back strongly in January. Indeed, while December was the worst end to a year for...

At the gathering of the world’s elites in snowy Davos, one of the key topics of discussion was the cooling in global economic activity....

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) left the repo rate unchanged at 6.75%, as widely expected. The decision...

It was a much better week for global equities. Unfortunately, the local equity market lagged and ended November in the red. It remains on...

It has been a red October as global equity markets slumped to one of the worst monthly performances in years. The local market has not...

Depending on who you speak or listen to, South Africa is in a technical recession. There’s really nothing technical about a recession and...

Last Wednesday, South Africans saw yet another petrol price increase of R1 a litre. Unfortunately, the bad news did not end there as...