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March Madness

22 March 2023

Fifteen years ago, in March 2008, a storied name in US banking failed. The government-backed sale of Bear Sterns to rival JP Morgan was seen at the time as putting a floor under the growing credit crunch and markets rallied.

What is an investment platform and what does it do?

22 March 2023

Investing via an investment platform offers many advantages – the main ones being ease of use and saving time on admin. Keen to know more? Read on…

Why is it important to diversify your asset classes to keep up with inflation

22 March 2023

Global inflation continues to slow, the latest data from the United States showed inflation easing to 6.0%, from 6.4% previously, the slowest pace since September 2021.

Can Africa reduce the impact of the US Dollar on its Emerging Markets?

20 March 2023

Whenever I meet clients and investors, the one discussion I always end up having, regardless of market conditions, is on currency markets. There are often strong views expressed about why domestic policy direction or the price of key tradable goods or services is leading to one’s home currency strengthening or weakening. The discussion we don’t have often enough, though, is the over-sized impact the movements of the US Dollar can cause upon Emerging Market countries and is there any way to reduce this over time. While policy and trade are usually the main drivers of major currencies, I often point out that currencies, and their drivers, are relative, not absolute. Therefore, any discussion of policy or external balances of an economy matters, but primarily in relation to the policy or external balances of the economy’s major trade partners.

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