23 July 2019
International equity markets were impressive in June from the lows of May. The S&P500 index rose 6.9% with other international indices faring well, in...
22 May 2019
US President Donald Trump raised the ante on trade talks with China, turning the global markets into their gloomiest state for months. For most major ...
16 April 2019
The dim global outlook at the beginning of the year characterised by heightened China-US trade tensions and slowing growth looks like it is now in the...
2 April 2019
Apart from a few declines in the local bond and property markets, most ETFs extended their new year rally during February as, internationally, risk-on...
11 February 2019
We’ve seen an upbeat start to the year for global markets which warmed to the US Federal Reserve’s sentiments of a more accommodative monetary stance....
29 January 2019
2018 was marred by relatively high volatility and risk aversion in financial markets. Most equity markets – local and foreign – ended in the red as a ...
21 November 2018
The stock market pullback that started towards the end of September continued during October. An equally weighted portfolio of non-commodity JSE-liste...
24 October 2018
In September JSE-listed ETFs gave up gains made in the prior month. An equally weighted portfolio of non-commodity JSE-listed ETFs lost 2.87%, with mo...
13 August 2018
ETFs remained largely flat in July with an equally weighted portfolio of the 64 ETFs that we cover marginally losing 0.43%. However, the one-year perf...