Investments

Trade wars and currency wars

SA bonds fall as SA economic, political fears grow

South African 10 year bond yields have risen to close to 9% as political wrangling and fears about the country's economic health continue to grow.

Rising number of failing JSE companies coupled with ruinous government policies makes SA increasingly uninvestable

As the scrapheap of once great JSE listed companies continues to grow and the economy buckles under government corruption and failed economic policies, local assets are becoming increasingly uninvestable.

Has Trump misjudged China?

The Chinese yuan (CNY) has fallen below 7.0 versus the US dollar for the first time in a decade, a level which has been widely seen as a line in the sand for the currency.