The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced interest rates by an expected 50 basis points to 3.75% at the scheduled May 2020 interest rate-setting meeting.
The end of the free lunch
May 21, 2020
There is no such thing as a free lunch. Yet recent times have provided South African savers with something close to this, as risk-free returns from money market investments have comfortably
By: Schroders While tens of millions of Americans were losing their jobs, the stock market in April produced its best monthly return in over 30 years. We look at what’s behind this apparent disconnect. Over…
As with most parts of the world, what started out as a health crisis has also turned into a humanitarian and economic crisis. While Covid-19 infections rates have been relatively low on the
Worse yet to come as UK growth slumps
May 18, 2020
The UK economy contracted by 2% in the first quarter of 2020 as lockdowns in response to the Covid-19 pandemic took their toll on activity. The preliminary estimate was less negative than
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in January, markets have gone through four distinct phases. Denial through January and February, disorder in March, recovery in April and then, what we have now
Gold in the time of COVID-19
May 12, 2020
Gold’s fundamental appeal to a South African investor is that it provides relatively reliable and effective protection against local equity market weakness in times of crisis. This protection
Industry statistics show that many members of corporate retirement savings funds aren’t even aware that they belong to a fund. Those who do know they belong to a fund often have no idea who their fund is with,
