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7 Nov 2025

EQUITY RESILIENCE AMID AI FRENZY

The United States (US) third quarter 2025 earnings season has delivered a robust performance for the S&P 500, underscoring corporate America’s adaptability in an environment tempered by geopolitical and tariff uncertainty, cooling inflation and anticipated US Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cuts. The US equity rally With approximately 85% of S&P 500 companies having reported by […]
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31 Oct 2025

TRUMP’S ASIA TOUR DELIVERS MIXED TRADE BREAKTHROUGH 

There is a lot of activity on the global economic stage. The United States (US) is going through its second longest government shutdown in history, global geopolitical tensions are still high and trade uncertainty reigns as a result of US President, Donald Trump’s tariff war. Despite all of this, US equity markets continue to extend […]
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24 Oct 2025

BEYOND THE HEADLINES: MAPPING THE REAL IMPACT OF US-CHINA TRADE RESTRICTIONS

The current standoff between Washington and Beijing extends beyond headline tariff figures. China’s rare earth export controls and the United States’ (US’s) threatened software restrictions target different pressure points in global supply chains, with consequences that reach well beyond the two economies directly involved. China’s rare earth gambit China controls roughly 70% of rare earth […]
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17 Oct 2025

US-CHINA TENSIONS FLARE… AGAIN

Markets were given a sharp reminder last week that trade friction between Washington and Beijing remains unresolved.
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10 Oct 2025

GOLD’S RELENTLESS RALLY AND THE RAND’S RISING TIDE

Gold continues to surge, continually setting fresh record highs and refusing to lose momentum.
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3 Oct 2025

THE US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND ITS MARKET IMPLICATIONS

This week, the United States (US) entered a federal government shutdown, leading to a temporary scale-back of agency operations
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26 Sep 2025

US PCE IN FOCUS

The United States (US) Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) preferred measure of inflation
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19 Sep 2025

THE FED’S LABOUR-INFLATION TRADEOFF

The United States (US) Federal Reserve (Fed) entered its September meeting under the weight of conflicting realities.
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12 Sep 2025

THE MINING INDUSTRY: A MONTH OF MERGERS AND MARKET SHIFTS

The mining industry has been a hotbed of corporate activity over the past month.
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5 Sep 2025

US SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS SEASON: RESILIENCE AMID UNCERTAINTY

United States (US) earnings season is when US companies report on how they have performed in the previous quarters.
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29 Aug 2025

TRUMP VS THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S INDEPENDENCE

United States (US) President, Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by an aggressive campaign to reshape the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and the broader Federal Reserve system. Driven by a desire to align monetary policy with his economic vision – particularly through drastic interest rate cuts – Trump has […]
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22 Aug 2025

TECH’S JOLT: RISK RESET OR HARBINGER OF SOMETHING DEEPER?

The winds of change are blowing through technology markets. A sector that seemed impervious to economic storms through the first half of the year

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