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2 days ago

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Why we like credit over equities

BlackRock explain why they prefer investment grade credit over equities on a tactical horizon and how they see a new market regime with higher volatility taking shape.
5 days ago

Weekly Wrap: Pelosi rocks the boat

Just as global risk appetite started to improve, geopolitical tension flared up again. This time between China and the United States. Bianca Botes, Director Citadel Global, provides an analysis.
1 week ago

Inflation: Heating up, cooling down

Izak Odendaal, Investment Strategist at Old Mutual Wealth, breaks down how current inflation numbers are backward-looking and discusses three reasons why inflation is peaking.
2 weeks ago

The South African Reserve Bank raises rates by 75bps to 5.5%

Investment professionals from Matrix Fund Managers, PPS and Ashburton Investments share their respective views on the central bank’s substantial hike and how the move could impact various asset classes.
04 Jul 2022

Making sense of investment cycles

It is often more important to focus on the long-term trend than become preoccupied with the short-term fluctuations.
24 Jun 2022

Bonds are back – Here's why

Bonds have seen a record decline but may now be presenting some of the best value in many years.

22 Jun 2022

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Central bank blitz to hit growth

BlackRock already reduced portfolio risk twice this year on growing concerns over the effect of the energy crunch on growth and central banks over-tightening.
09 Jun 2022

What the S&P's ‘lost decade’ can teach us about market down days

Analysis shows that the S&P 500 has on average had more up (closing higher) than down days (closing lower) – but the split will vary over time.
08 Jun 2022

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Markets primed to be hawkish on rates

The volatile macro and market landscape is here to stay, in BlackRock's view. They believe central banks will ultimately deliver a historically muted response to inflation. Bottom line: The sum total of rate hikes will prove to be historically low, they believe, as central banks choose to live with inflation.
03 Jun 2022

Citadel Global Weekly Wrap: Can China make a comeback?

By Bianca Botes, Director Citadel Global China has always been seen as the dark horse of the world. With little interest in conforming to Western, and more specifically, United States (US) ways, the economic powerhouse often rocks the boat on the global economic and geopolitical fronts. Not quite open for business yet The world’s been keeping a...

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