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Oct 7, 20242 min read
Multivest Market Watch - September 2024
Markets extended their gains significantly in September, following the anticipation and subsequent release of central bank policies . The...
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Retirement Planning Summarized
As human beings we tend to focus on the here and now, not realising that by failing to plan for the future we are planning for failure....
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Multivest Market Watch - July 2024
South African assets continued to outperform through the month of July, with local Equities gaining 3.9% and Bonds 4% whilst global...
Jun 5, 20243 min read
Multivest Market Watch - May 2024
May was a volatile month in Investment markets. If measure by the JSE All-Share Equity Index for example, you could have banked a gain of...
Jun 5, 20242 min read
Market Commentary - May 2024
May was a volatile month in Investment markets. If measure by the JSE All-Share Equity Index for example, you could have banked a gain of...
Jan 3, 20243 min read
No fireworks in December, investors smile
December was a relatively quiet month on surprises, save for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate expectations. And it made investors...
Dec 1, 20233 min read
Eyes set on start of declining rates cycle
The current global cycle of rising interest rates is almost certainly over as consumer price inflation (CPI) rates are declining in a...
Nov 6, 20234 min read
Multivest Market Watch - October 2023
The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement had a large amount of information that must be processed into a single bond view to see the...
Nov 3, 20233 min read
No more interest rate increases in 2023
The current global cycle of rising interest rates grinded to a halt and may very well have ended. However, the war between Israel and...
Oct 6, 20234 min read
Multivest Market Watch - September 2023
Global equity market performance in September was generally negative, as most regions and sectors faced increased selling pressure amid...
Oct 3, 20233 min read
OPEC+ may cause the global stance in interest rates to be just a pause
Lower oil production by OPEC+ causing a shortage of around one million barrels per day contributed to oil prices closing in on $100 per...
Sep 12, 20235 min read
Multivest Market Watch - August 2023
After a strong July, global equity and bond markets retreated in August. Concerns about global inflation lingers. In the US, upbeat...
Sep 1, 20233 min read
Wisdom needed as we close in on the peak of interest rates
Interest rate policy has shifted to a phase where good risk-management has become the focal point. Central banks must reduce the risk of...
Aug 7, 20234 min read
Multivest Market Watch - July 2023
Tighter policy all around Eyeing higher yields Major central banks tightened policy last week, including unexpectedly in Japan. We see...
Aug 2, 20233 min read
New food price pressures emerge as more interest rate hikes loom
As expected, major economic regions raised interest rates further, while an end to the Black Sea Grain deal are putting pressure on...
Jul 3, 20233 min read
New world future
Systemic inefficiencies in the form of higher prices, interest rates and lower growth Economic policy around the world has changed from...
Jun 8, 20234 min read
Multivest Market Watch - May 2023
This seems like the wrong time to extrapolate currency weakness. Our “extreme peaks” model, which focuses specifically on large moves in...
Jun 2, 20233 min read
Uncertainty reigns, idiosyncratic issues batter South Africa
The banking failures in mainly the US and uncertainty about raising the US government’s debt limit continued to ruffle markets in May. At...
May 5, 20234 min read
Multivest Market Watch - April 2023
The US Dollar is still overvalued Since October last year the US Dollar Index (“DXY”) has fallen 5.6%. Despite this, it remains 5.9%...
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