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Occasionally English South Africa Investing · Business News
101 Episodes
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Equities offer promise in 2025 after an eventful close to 2024

The fourth quarter of 2024 was interesting, Marius Oberholzer, Head of STANLIB’s Multi-Asset team, says. The stand-out event was the sweeping Republican victory in the US presidential election, which is likely to be followed by higher tariffs, corporate tax cuts and deregulation of many industries in the US. Marius believes…
3 Feb 28 min

Trump’s import tariffs will have global and local consequences

Duties imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports from Canada, Mexico and China have already triggered retaliatory measures which could easily escalate into a global trade war. These tariff hikes will have negative consequences for global inflation, interest rates and growth and it is difficult to see that the…
3 Feb 11 min

Greater clarity on US inflation anticipated after presidential inauguration

US headline inflation data for December was in line with expectations but core inflation surprised on the downside, as it rose by 3.2% y/y from 3.3%. This pushed up US bond and equity markets. Core inflation benefited from a moderation in the rate of increase in rentals. However, this does…
20 Jan 5 min

Key markets soften ahead of Trump taking office while rand weakens on various factors

Uncertainty about how aggressive incoming US president Donald Trump will be in implementing policy has hung over global markets in recent weeks. Continued US economic strength, as reflected in labour market and other data, is also creating nervousness about underlying inflationary pressures and future interest rate cuts. This is negative…
13 Jan 11 min

SA’s GDP declines in Q3 2024; US employment data remains strong

In Q3 2024, SA’s GDP fell by a surprising 0.3% quarter on quarter, while the market expected a small increase. This mainly reflected a massive decline in agricultural production, which fell 28.8% q/q, largely reflecting a four million tonne drop in the maize crop (which was actually an annual, not…
9 Dec 2024 11 min

How indebted is South Africa within a global context?

The Global Debt Monitor for Q2 2024, which includes data for developed and emerging economies, was released on 25 November 2024, while the Frontier Markets Debt Monitor for Q2 204 was released on 4 November 2024. This provides a good opportunity to examine South Africa’s total level of debt, both…
3 Dec 2024 9 min

US inflation data and interest rate trends; SA’s PPI moves into deflation

US core personal consumption inflation for October remained elevated at 2.8% y/y, despite relatively high interest rates, suggesting that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) does not have to be in a hurry to take interest rates significantly lower. We expect that the extent of further US interest rate cuts will…
2 Dec 2024 6 min

How AI is shaping the future of portfolio management

It's hard enough to manage our own biases but certainly we are nowhere near the point where we let the machines loose on making decisions,’ says Peter van der Ross, deputy head of multi-asset and portfolio management at STANLIB.
14 Nov 2024 5 min

Republicans sweep US election and US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates

The Republican Party is on the verge of securing a sweeping election result, which puts President-Elect Donald Trump in a powerful position to effect policy changes. These policies could stimulate growth, but also have negative consequences. They include extending tax cuts, imposing a wide range of import duties (which could…
11 Nov 2024 13 min

US labour market reports

A range of US labour market data was released last week but it was distorted by the hurricanes in September and October. Only 12 000 jobs were created in October – way below the 100 000 that the market expected, but the response rate to the survey was low. The…
4 Nov 2024 6 min

MTBPS 2024: bond market registers disappointment

The MTBPS delivered by the Minister of Finance disappointed bond investors, says Victor Mphaphuli, STANLIB Head of Fixed Income. In the current fiscal year, revenue collection is weaker and expenditure greater than expected, with the budget deficit seen at 5% vs 4.5% projected in February. The 10-year government bond peaked…
30 Oct 2024 4 min

MTBPS 2024: little support for SOEs this time

Tarryn Sankar, Head of Credit in the Fixed Income team at STANLIB Asset Management, says the MTBPS was in line with expectations on fiscal slippage. Notably, the Minister of Finance announced little support for SOEs and specifically did not address Transnet’s financial position. The focus on innovative ways to fund…
30 Oct 2024 10 min

Government’s subdued growth projections in MTBPS may disappoint after GNU euphoria

Projections for medium-term economic growth in the MTBPS are low, at around 1.8% average a year, suggesting that government’s initiatives are not going to lift growth meaningfully. These initiatives are mainly focused on infrastructure using private-public partnerships. However, SA needs sustainable growth above 3% to make an impact on unemployment…
30 Oct 2024 9 min

STANLIB Enhanced Multi Style and STANLIB Equity Funds navigate an eventful Q3 2024

In this podcast Rademeyer Vermaak, Head of Systematic Solutions, discusses how their precise approach towards managing risk enables the team to rate the effect of potential macroeconomic shocks on each counter in each portfolio and neutralise those risks. He also discussed why the managers have decided to overweight certain financial…
29 Oct 2024 11 min
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