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Gold is under-owned by investors ... for now

05 October 2017 | General

There could be a great rebalancing from passive ETFs and other traditional investments back towards gold, which would boost demand for gold and gold-related equities for years to come.

etfSA.co.za monthly South African ETF, ETN and Unit Trust passive index tracking performance survey

04 October 2017 | ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds)

The Performance Survey for the period ended 29 September 2017, is attached. The Survey measures total investment returns for all 71 JSE listed ETFs/ETNs, and 29 index tracking unit trusts for periods of one month to ten years. The summary table of the best performing passive index tracking products is shown below. The total return performance of each Exchange Traded Fund is shown in Section A (pages 3-5); Exchange Traded Notes in section B (pages 5-6); and Index Tracking Unit Trusts in Section C (pages 7-8).

A longer wait for rates relief

03 October 2017 | Economy

The past two weeks have been eventful, especially on the monetary policy front. The American and South African central banks held interest rate setting meetings within hours of one another. While the officials of the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) might not even have known that their South African counterparts were making an interest rate decision, the members of the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) are acutely aware of what Fed chair Janet Yellen is doing.