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Eight years after the global financial crisis the world economy is expected to have its best year as broad based synchronised growth takes hold across the globe. Even SA is expected to deliver growth of around 1.5% vs. a dismal
Blame it on a mid-life crisis, but I recently acquired a motorcycle much to my mother’s dismay. I vividly recall the same response from her some 32 years ago when my Dad agreed to me getting a 2nd hand 50cc
The doldrums are noted for calm periods around the equator when the winds disappear, trapping sail-powered boats for periods of days or even weeks. There are many stories told of sailors going completely crazy while desperately hoping for wind and
It is interesting how Rand weakness seems to negatively affect our collective psyche and overall sentiment, notwithstanding that most South Africans probably don’t understand the full implications of currency weakness. Maybe it’s our fears of becoming a banana republic like
The problem with having written this column for 15 years is that you eventually start sounding like a broken record, for millennial readers that is those vinyl black things in a cardboard box in the garage. The thing about successful
Here appears to be rumours doing the rounds predicting an almighty crash of the rand on the back of rating downgrade expectations for later this year. S&P rating agency are expected to announce heir SA sovereign rating review early in
The title of this week’s article refers to a comment made by a Coronation Fund Manager in reference to the indiscriminate firing of Minister Nene by President Zuma and then the subsequent reversal four days later when Des van Rooyen
A recent article published on Bloomberg referred to the cooling of the hottest residential property market in the world, no not the Atlantic Seaboard, but Sweden, which is apparently up 44% over the last few years. This should come as
I have generally avoided politics in my articles believing that politics and governments don’t really affect long-term investing; however the current political situation and policy crisis, which go hand in hand, in certainly a factor investors need to keep firmly in
I have not yet seen the movie “The Revenant” for, which Leonardo DiCaprio won the Oscar for Best Actor, but I have been told the scene when the bear attacks him is excruciating to watch and goes on forever and