Talking about the Rand is pointless these days
Continue readingDaily Dose: 02 November 2026
On Friday, the rand opened at the 16.61 level but slowly took some pain as we saw equity global equity markets head south
Continue readingDaily Dose: 30 October 2026
The rand weakened over the week and is trading at around R16.63 to the US dollar at the time of writing, compared with about R16.37–16.41 at the start of last week
Continue readingDaily Dose: 29 October 2026
Even though we have the very expected Fed rate announcement (unchanged- vote 10-2)) last night, the markets have done very little
Continue readingDaily Dose: 28 October 2026
The rand had a mixed day yesterday, trading against a backdrop of continued uncertainty in global markets
Continue readingDaily Dose: 01 October 2026
Yesterday, the Rand found some support from SA economic releases through the day improving by 10c (M3, trade balance and credit extension)
Continue readingDaily Dose: 01 September 2026
Yesterday was fairly quiet in terms of actual FX movement, helped by the UK bank holiday, but there was some flow under the surface
Continue readingDaily Dose: 03 August 2026
On Friday, the month of July rolled out quietly with markets showing limited moves
Continue readingDaily Dose: 01 July 2026
A week since my last commentary and a lot of water being tread. Fortunately, no sharks have come for a nosey look yet, although it feels like they on the periphery
Continue readingDaily Dose: 01 June 2026
On Friday, the rand had a good day trading from an opening level of 16.23 to a low of 16.18
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