RECENT MARKET EVENTS & COVID 19 – 2020/03/18
The confluence of recent market events has triggered an extremely violent fall in global and local investment markets. The world has arguably not seen anything similar in the past three decades. This could not have come at a worst time – last year we saw global...
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) AND THE SAUDI ARABIA-RUSSIA OIL WAR ON THE ECONOMY
March is shaping up to be quite a month – the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) event, an oil shock, worse than expected SA growth data and a Moody’s rating review for South Africa (SA). The surprise news over the weekend was Russia not agreeing to oil production cuts at...
RAND PLUNGES AS EMERGING MARKET CURRENCIES GET KNOCKED BY TURKISH LIRA
Emerging market currencies plunged as Turkey’s lira extended its swift slide after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan showed no signs of backing down in a deadlock regarding tariffs with the US administration. As investors worry about the country sliding toward a...
QWM FLASH REPORT – BREXIT
This is a flash report on BREXIT QWM Flash Report -...