It is always interesting to note the returns of the different asset classes at the end of the month. The graph below illustrates the cumulative returns of the last 12 months of the Bond, All Share Equity, Listed Property and Cash indices. It was a... Read more
Local markets
At midday on Thursday, rising gold mining shares led gains as the JSE edged up 0.24%, flattish after yesterday?s rally on upbeat global economic data.
The rand was trading at R7.26 to the US dollar just after 12:00, somewhat firmer... Read more
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South Africa's rand rallied more than one percent to a more than three-week high against the dollar on Thursday, largely driven by an uptick in global risk appetite that also boosted other emerging market currencies.
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International consultancy firms will be involved in assessing the value of the Algerian unit of Egyptian operator Orascom Telecom and the valuation will be completed this year, Algerian government ministers said on Thursday.
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Leading first round scores from the
European Masters at the par-71 course in Crans-sur-Sierre,
Switzerland on Thursday.
64 Matteo Manassero (Italy) 64
65 Graeme Storm (Britain) 65
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Foreign ownership in South African banks was a difficult question and needed careful consideration, central bank Governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday.
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A strike by 1.3 million
workers in South Africa's public sector in its third week is
testing President Jacob Zuma's and his ruling African National
Congress's fragile relationship with organised labour.
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South Africa's gold output during the second quarter of this year rose 12.6 percent compared to production of the metal in the first quarter, the country's Chamber of Mines said on Thursday.
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Russian steelmaker Evraz Group
expects core profit will have slipped in the third quarter,
despite improving Russian demand, due to volatile prices and
concerns about a sustainable economic recovery.
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The euro and high-yielding
currencies held firm on Friday after an improvement in U.S.
housing and jobless claims data bolstered investor appetite for
risk ahead of key U.S. jobs data later in the day.
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The euro and high-yielding
currencies held firm on Friday after an improvement in U.S.
housing and jobless claims data bolstered investor appetite for
risk ahead of key U.S. jobs data later in the day.
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The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million (£292.26 million) in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence.
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The public sector strikes have come at a huge cost to the economy, but the biggest cost might be in terms of the rupture that has formed between the tri-partite alliance of the ANC, Cosatu and the... Read more
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