Category Archives: Market Update

Market Update: US and SA Markets Diverge on Differing Investor Sentiment

A tale of two economies US stock markets continued to gain momentum as January progressed, reaching successive new record highs in the second half of the month as investor confidence in the central bank’s ability to engineer a soft economic landing and reduce interest rates increased. That contrasted with South Africa, where the Reserve Bank’s…

Market Update: What Lies Ahead for 2024?

2023 will be defined as the year where predominantly negative global economic expectations never materialised and most stock market analysts and economist forecasters were proved wrong. All eyes were on the impact the steep rise in interest rates would have on the global economy, with recession seen as an inevitable outcome. With equity markets already…