Daily Dose

15 August 2018

We saw yet another day volatile trading session as the Rand swung back and forth between a low of 14.02 and a high of 14.32.

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Daily Dose

14 August 2018

I guess it’s not all doom and gloom after all! Emerging markets have just about reversed yesterday selloff...

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Daily Dose

6 February 2014

So far this week most emerging market currencies have put in for significant recovery moves against the safe haven US dollar. However, that exchange rate stabilisation doesn’t seem to be drawing capital back into the troubled group

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Daily Dose

5 February 2014

Another volatile session on the currency markets again yesterday with the Rand in a 11.07-11.28 range to the USD in an almost mirror of Mondays range but just the other way round with the local unit retracing the previous day’s losses. The gains were on the back of poor data in the manufacturing sector in the US with the perception that this will slow the FED tapering down which in my humble opinion is ....

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