The ONE Minute Brief – 24 August 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 – July 2017
Global: Economic growth positive In the US, all three major equity indices reached all-time highs with the S&P 500 gaining 1.93%, the Dow Jones 2.54% and the tech heavy NASDAQ 3.38%. The NASDAQ gain was largely driven by spectacular results from Facebook which saw the counter return a whopping 12.10%. The market was generally spurred on by significant improvements in economic data as well as further Dollar weakness. Read the full article Domestic: Political uncertainty remains In spite of a deteriorating political situation, the local equity market shrugged off the negativity and experienced its best month for some considerable time. The re-emergence of a risk-on attitude particularly on the part of global investors saw the JSE/FTSE All Share return a significant 7.03% in total return terms. Read the full article
EB Market Update – July 2017
Global: Economic growth positive In the US, all three major equity indices reached all-time highs with the S&P 500 gaining 1.93%, the Dow Jones 2.54% and the tech heavy NASDAQ 3.38%. The NASDAQ gain was largely driven by spectacular results from Facebook which saw the counter return a whopping 12.10%. The market was generally spurred on by significant improvements in economic data as well as further Dollar weakness. Read the full article Domestic: Political uncertainty remains In spite of a deteriorating political situation, the local equity market shrugged off the negativity and experienced its best month for some considerable time. The re-emergence of a risk-on attitude, particularly on the part of global investors, saw the JSE/FTSE All Share return a significant 7.03% in total return terms. The suspension of the mining charter impacted the Mining Index which improved by a... Read More
