The ONE Minute Brief – 23 June 2017
The GTC ONE Minute Brief covers the following topics: Economic and Political News Major South Africa Corporate News Major Global Economic News Technical Snapshot Download the full GTC ONE Minute Brief.
WM Market Update – May 2017
Global – Sell in May? The adage “sell in May and go away” certainly didn’t hold true for both global and emerging markets this month as the MSCI World Equity Index returned 1.78% and the MSCI Emerging Market Index 2.80%, both in Dollar terms. Being out of the market was certainly not the right place to be. However, this unfortunately wasn’t the case for the JSE/FTSE All Share Index which was most disappointing, ending the month down 0.42%. Read the full article Domestic – Rating agencies call the shots! Whilst May began on a positive note for the local market, the uncertainties surrounding President Zuma and ‘State Capture’, coupled with the overhang of a possible further sovereign debt downgrade as well as a sharply declining oil price, all contributed to a risk-off attitude prevailing – with the result that the... Read More
EB Market Update – May 2017
Global – Sell in May? The adage “sell in May and go away” certainly didn’t hold true for both global and emerging markets this month as the MSCI World Equity Index returned 1.78% and the MSCI Emerging Market Index 2.80%, both in Dollar terms. Being out of the market was certainly not the right place to be. However, this unfortunately wasn’t the case for the JSE/FTSE All Share Index which was most disappointing, ending the month down 0.42%. Read the full article Domestic – Rating agencies call the shots! Whilst May began on a positive note for the local market, the uncertainties surrounding President Zuma and ‘State Capture’, coupled with the overhang of a possible further sovereign debt downgrade as well as a sharply declining oil price, all contributed to a risk-off attitude prevailing – with the result that the... Read More