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Occasionally English South Africa Investing · Business News
93 Episodes
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 11 min

SA’s inflation rate continues to fall; US economic outlook faces risks

SA’s inflation trajectory is encouraging, in the short term. The September inflation rate, at 3.8%, was down from 4.4% in August, with core inflation at 4.1%, and the impact of falling fuel prices should help to move inflation down to 3.1% in October. This trend should encourage the South African…
28 Oct 10 min

SA’s inflation rate continues to fall; US economic outlook faces risks

SA’s inflation trajectory is encouraging, in the short term. The September inflation rate, at 3.8%, was down from 4.4% in August, with core inflation at 4.1%, and the impact of falling fuel prices should help to move inflation down to 3.1% in October. This trend should encourage the South African…
28 Oct 10 min

What’s hindering China’s economic growth?

If China doesn’t have any growth ‘that really will impact our exporters, especially our commodity exporters, in terms of their being able to sell stuff into China’ – Ndivhuho Netshitenzhe from Stanlib.
24 Oct 13 min

Encouraging retail sales reported in US and SA

US retail sales and industrial production data for September tell different stories. Retail sales were surprisingly good, probably because the US economy continues to add jobs. However, US industrial production declined, indicating that the manufacturing sector lacks the same buoyancy as the retail sector. The answer seems to be that…
21 Oct 8 min

Do your investors sleep easy through market turbulence?

The investment landscape is inherently uncertain and markets can take an unexpected turn at any point. Managers of multi-asset income funds have the benefit of being able to actively shift between different fixed income asset classes and property to deliver bond-like returns with a smoother return profile and lower risk,…
14 Oct 5 min

US consumer inflation will not derail next rate cut; China outlines fiscal stimulus

US inflation date for September contained two surprises: CPI went up 0.2% m/m, against market expectations for 0.1% m/m, and core inflation rose by 0.3% m/m vs expectations for 0.2% m/m. Positively, shelter inflation is slowing meaningfully. The latest print is unlikely to derail the downward interest rate trajectory, and…
14 Oct 10 min
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