Magic Markets Ep1: Rollin’ with the Rand
Mohammed Nalla is one of the most highly respected macroeconomic market analysts to emerge from South Africa. He’s launched Moe-Knows, a macroeconomics knowledge platform. Now living in Canada, he layers a global perspective on top of his emerging markets expertise. Together, The Finance Ghost and Moe-Knows have multiple years of experience across practically every asset class. In Magic Markets, we …
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Risk-on, risk-off
Remember Karate Kid? Well, it had nothing to do with economics or finance, but the famous “wax-on, wax-off” scene always comes to mind for me when people talk about risk-on or risk-off. This concept tries to explain why the South African market moves for reasons that have nothing to do with South Africa. In times of crisis or when investors …
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To offshore or not to offshore?
To offshore or not to offshore? That is the question on everyone’s lips. With the Rand behaving like a yo-yo, it’s a reasonable question. I’m just not sure the answer is as obvious as everyone thinks it is. I can’t suggest what you should do with your money, as I’m not your financial advisor and I don’t know your personal …
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