Magic Markets Ep34: Riots and Rands
Our home country is burning. South Africa is in economic turmoil and lives are being lost in riots and looting. This isn’t sensationalist. This is what is happening on the ground, right now. In an incredibly sad week for our beautiful country, we have a heartfelt conversation about the situation and what it means for investors. It’s an unpleasant reminder …
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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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ZAR – the lost currency
The poor old ZAR has had a rough time of it in the past decade. Everyone watched with horror this month as the Rand took another nosedive, breaching never-before-seen levels. At one point in intraday trading, R19/US$ became a reality. The Rand managed to pull back below R19 , but the reality is that the seal has been broken. the_ad …
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