overview The month of September comes to an end today, with the Rand losing ground by a full R1 to...
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Week 38 – Three Central Banks Delivered Anticipated Interest Rate Hikes To Combat Inflation This Week
overview This was a data filled week as three central banks delivered substantial interest rate hikes. The hikes have placed...
Week 37 – Could Inflation Be Worse Than Covid-19 For The Currency Markets?
OVERVIEW Inflation is giving global economies, central banks as well as consumers an extremely tough time, constantly sparking recession fears....
Week 36 – Could R18.00 to the U.S Dollar possibly be on the cards?
OVERVIEW Uncertainty continues to reign globally, with rising global inflation battering economies. Emerging economies such as the Rand are experiencing...
Week 35 – The Dollar Sees A 20-Year High Ahead Of The US Non-Farm Payrolls Data.
overview The greenback gained extensively in the markets against major peers this week as investors are bracing themselves for the...
Week 34 – Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Takes Market Attention
overview This week major markets traded side-ways against the rand till Wednesday. The much anticipated Jackson Hole Economic Symposium started...
Week 33 – U.S Retail Sales Data And Fed Meeting Minutes Sends Dollar Soaring to a 1-Month High.
overview Core retail sales boosted the Dollar this week among with comments made by Fed officials. The data released this...
Week 32- The Dollar Suffered Major Losses After U.S Inflation Declined.
OVERVIEW The Dollar saw its biggest decline in five months after inflation in the U.S dropped to 8.5% from 9.1%...
Week 31- The Dollar and Major Currencies Lose Ground Ahead Of U.S Jobs Data
overview The Dollar and major currencies lost strength against the Rand in the past 2 days after weak initial jobless...
Week 30- The Fed Delivered another 75 basis point interest rate hike and sent the Dollar tumbling.
overview The Dollar has suffered big losses after The Fed raised interest rates by an expected 75 basis points and...
Week 29- Central Banks Deliver Highest Interest Rates in Decades.
OVERVIEW 1 order of interest rate hikes all round coming up – From Central Banks EverywhereThe SARB and ECB delivered...
Week 28 – The USD Bulls Take The Markets By Storm Amid Global Growth Concerns
overview The Dollar has been resilient in the markets this week as investors fled to the greenback as a safe-haven...
Week 27 – Eskom woes lead to Rand weakness across the board
The USD market has not had much economic data release this week. On Wednesday, the U.S had their JOLTs Job...
Week 26- Investors Run To The Dollar As A Safe Haven.
OVERVIEW Investors turn to the Dollar for comfort after Fed chair Powell’s aggressive stance at the ECB’s forum. u.s and...
Week 25- Recession Fears Lead to Reduced Volume In the Currency Market.
OVERVIEW Recession is on all investors minds and has caused a rift in the markets this week, trading side-ways with...
Week 24- U.S Fed Delivers Biggest Interest Rate Hike in 28 Years.
OVERVIEW The Federal Reserve Bank of America raised their interest rates by 75 basis points on Wednesday. This is the...
Week 23 – Rand Strength across the board ahead of U.S inflation
OVERVIEW The Rand has strengthened tremendously against major pairs this week, ahead of U.S inflation today. The Core CPI will...
Week 22 – Investors Are Cautious Ahead of U.S Employment Data Today
overview All eyes are on the U.S as they will be releasing their Non-farm payrolls later today. This will provide...
Week 21 – Poor Economic Data This Week Creates Uncertainty In the Markets.
overview This week, the main focus was on the major currencies posting weaker than expected data amidst rising inflation. The...
Week 20 – South Africa sees biggest interest rate hike since 2016.
OVERVIEW The Rand gains its two week losses after South Africa sees its biggest interest rate hike in 6 years....
Week 19 – Currencies Choke and Economic Growth Set to Decline on Global Inflation Pressure.
overview The U.S economy is facing its toughest inflation problem since the 1970's and early 1980's. The effects of this...
Week 18 – Fed Hikes Rates by 50 bps, Highest In Over 20 Years
OVERVIEW Investors took advantage of the biggest rate hike in over 20 years from the Fed this week, taking USD/ZAR...
Week 17 – Rand Breaks R16.00/$ and Weakens Over 8% In Two Weeks
overview The Rand has faced major bullish strength across the board in the past two weeks. Volatility is expected next...
Week 16 – Rand runs out of runway as Dollar jumps to 2 year highs
overview Supporters of the Dollar are back and better than ever, viciously rallying the markets this week to 2 year...
Week 14 – USD gains with anticipation of higher interest rates.
OVERVIEW After a few weeks of gains for the ZAR, the currency market was rather flat this week as the...
Week 13 – Markets Digest Poor Employment Data Globally
OVERVIEW This week has been a rather quiet week in the markets, fortunately the silence has been in favour of...
Week 12 – Rand remains dominant in the markets despite inflation woes.
OVERVIEW The Rand finds support from a 25bp interest rate hike by the SARB MPC and remined on top form...
Week 11 – Interest Rate Hikes Increase Global Risk Appetite.
overview Major central banks have finally changed their sentiment towards interest rates after promising hikes for the last year, a...
Week 10 – The Rand Strengthens Due To Commodity Boom
overview The Rand is on track to end this week on a strong note, amidst global inflation woes and the...
Week 9 – Russia’s war pushes investors to seek haven outside of Emerging Markets
overview Russia takes Ukraine city by city in what seems to be a pre-planned war despite sanctions and support from...
Week 8 – Russia’s Stray Bullets Hit Rand Strength.
overview The Rand began the week on a strong note until markets dumped emerging currencies after Russia launched the biggest...
Week 7 – Rand Ascension Off US-Russia Tension.
overview Global risk appetite and safe haven gold have boosted support for the Rand this week. Lows are being tested...
Week 6 – Different Year, Same SONA Promises.
OVERVIEW US inflation data and local SONA were the events of the week, each event resulted in a temporary market...
Week 5 – Pressured Dollar Gives Rand A Breather.
overview The rand is closing in on possibly closing the week in the green against the dollar.A aggressive ECB and...
Week 4 – Dollar Gains As Risk Appetite Dwindles.
OVERVIEW Political tensions, a hawkish Fed and positive US GDP boosted the dollar this week.Despite the SA interest rates being...
Week 3 – Rand Rallies Off Local CPI Data
SA Markets Dollar-rand saw a range bound start to the week, with no clear direction as the pair moved sideways...
Rand News – Week 2 – Sore Dollar Allows Rand To Soar.
Dollar’s counter-cyclical behaviour and market players closing positions plays into the hands of Rand importers.Post CPI data and certainty of...
Week 1 – Dollar Rides FOMC Minutes And Awaits US Job Data.
OVERVIEW Markets Await US Non-Farm Payroll Figures, Expectations Are for Payrolls To Accelerate.Omicron May Have Impacted Unemployment And Job Data...
Rand News – Day 365/365
overview Price action will be muted today with several nations already experiencing public holidays. The dollar is on the front...
Rand News – Rand Fills It’s Stocking Before Holidays.
OVERVIEW Rand sleighs to lower support levels this week as we approach Christmas. Dollar suffers worst week of losses since...
Rand News – Investors Play “Buy The Rumour And Sell The News”.
OVERVIEW Dollar fluctuates off of speculation this week and the Bank of England surprises with it’s first rate hike in...
Rand News – Analysts Officially Label Dollar As “Expensive”.
OVERVIEW A risk rally boosted the rand this week until SA manufacturing data dropped by 8.9% and global restrictions caused...
Rand News – Dollar Safe Haven Thrives Off Omicron Wave.
OVERVIEW Volatility remains in the dollar’s favour as new Covid waves and risk off sentiment keep investors away from the...
Rand News – ZAR Collapses To Over R16.20/$ Due To New Covid Variant.
OVERVIEW Investors Drop The Rand Due To New “Worst Ever Seen” Variant. Investors Charge Away From Risk And Into Look...
Rand News – Rand Falls To Lows Last Seen In Nov 2020.
OVERVIEW This week saw 2 events impact the rand – US retail sales data and the SARB MPC meeting.The dollar...
Rand News – Dollar Surges Off Inflation Scare.
OVERVIEW A highly volatile week for the rand as the dollar closes in on it’s best week in 5 months.Markets...
Rand News – Dollar On Front Foot Ahead Of Job Data.
OVERVIEW An uppity week for the dollar, post local election day saw USDZAR hitting 8-month highs.The rand saw a short...
Rand News- Dollar Dominates, Seeing 3-Month Highs.
overview Central bank decisions fired up volatility this week, leaving the rand on the backfoot with elections and a tough...
Rand News – Rand Rally Halted By Risk Appetite Drop.
overview The rand was fuelled by the demand in risky currencies this week, until fear over credit giant Evergrande ravaged...
Rand News – Risk Appetite Dents Dollar Strength.
Rates as at 10:37 USDZAR 14.70 | GBPZAR 20.17 | EURZAR 17.06 | AUDZAR 10.90 overview The dollar...
Rand News – U.S. Debt ceiling extended aids Dollar support
OVERVIEW A close save for the U.S. as Senators extended the debt ceiling last night, till early December, saving the...
Rand News – Dollar Dominates Due To Global Crisis Storm.
overview The dollar remained dominant in this week’s markets as investors moved to the greenback for stability. Energy, supply-chain, health,...
Rand News – Dollar Unchanged By Fed Meeting
OVERVIEW Markets saw investors move into the dollar as China's Evergrande was proven not too big too fall this week.Volatility...
Rand News – Dollar Rallies As Rand Is Sold Off
OVERVIEW The rand sets up for a weekly loss as dollar bulls triumph and investors launch a ZAR sell-off. Investors...
A Week For Importers As Rand See’s Good Buying Levels.
OVERVIEW Emerging markets benefit as the Dollar continues to struggle in it's lowest levels since early August after a bad...
Rand News – Dollar Remains Soft Ahead Of Job Report
overview US ADP job figures were weak but initial jobless claims show the critical Nonfarm payrolls may show a much...
Rand News – Market Caution Pushes Rand Below R15.00/$.
overview The dollar retreated this week as investors took to the side-lines while awaiting tapering confirmation from the US Fed...
Rand News – Risk-Off Sentiment Knocks Rand.
OVERVIEW Dollar strengthens against virtually all counterparts as the greenback reaches 7 month high off of tapering expectations and improved...
Rand News – Volatile Week Ends In Cabinet Reshuffle
August has started off with a shuffle of volatility as USDZAR saw a spread of 50c due to market conditions...
Rand News – Dollar Rally Erased After FED Talk.
The week kicked off with President Ramaphosa easing lockdown restrictions and market focus eyeing the US Fed decision.Uncertainty caused a...
Rand News – Rand Falters After SARB Talk.
This week began with uncertainty over the progress of the global situation around covid-19.Investors turned to the dollar as the...
Rand News – SA Riots Loot Rand Strength.
Local markets lost ground this week due to the country’s civil unrest. As provinces were gripped by violence, the USDZAR...
Rand News – Global growth outlook stalls
South African Rand News The local market results remain mixed this past week, with the JSE having its worst day...
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Rand News – Dollar Momentum Tops Markets.
Positive Data And Safe Haven Status Played In The Dollars Favor This Week. American MarketsThe dollar traded cautiously this week...
Rand News – Rand Tracks Behind Dollar Volatility.
USD/ZAR News American MarketsInflationary pressure was the theme of the week for the dollar.Fluctuation on the greenback came as a...
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Rand News – The US Dollar rejoins market demand with heightened interest this week
USD/ZAR News The Dollar has strengthened this week after months of consecutive losses. Investors and market players adopted a wait-and-see...
Rand News – SA wants the lights on & Dollar remains soft.
The Dollar remains weak compared to other developed markets, giving way for the Rand to shine but the questions remains,...
Rand News – Rand Rallies To 2 Year Best.
A faltering dollar lost strength off of tapering fears, while a global commodity boom played to the rand’s advantage this...
Rand News – Rand Bounces Off 2019 Lows.
Dollar weakness and positive local data allowed the rand to push near 30 month lows, but is it oversold and...
Rand News – Rand Leads Emerging Markets.
USD/ZAR News Its been a turbulent week for the dollar, beginning with investor nerves over this week's US Fed Monetary...
Rand News – ZAR Gains Ground As Fed Spurs Risk Confidence.
The Rand saw an easing this week as global sentiment improved over the US Fed’s comments over continued economic support. ...
Rand News – SA Economy In Hot Water & US Stimulus Finally Issued.
The Rand suffered a turbulent week with pressure from weak GDP figures and a volatile dollar rising after oil attacks...
Rand News – Powell Stands Dovish & Rand Buckles.
Bond tantrums set the tone of the week and US Fed Chair set a Firestarter to the dollar by downplaying...
Rand News – Budget Week And Global Sell-Off.
A volatile week for the rand as it saw 13-month best levels followed by a 61cent loss of ground back...
Rand News – Rand Rallies As Budget Speech Looms.
Risk-On Appetite Spurred The Rand To Year Best Levels This Week.Will This ZAR Strength Last As Our Countries Negative Realities...
Rand News – SONA Falls Flat & Central Banks Stand Firm
State of the Nation's "effect" didn't seep through to the rand, and major Central Banks stand together on keeping rates...
Rand News – Vaccinations Arrive And SONA Approaches.
Fires of the emerging markets were once again ignited this week as sentiment over global recovery improved, this confidence brought...
Rand News – IMF Cuts SA Growth Forecast & US Economy Troubles.
US Economy Experiences Deepest Contraction In 75 Years and ‘Robinhood’ Forum Groups Target Hedge Funds. USD/ZAR News Data this week...
Rand News – US Inauguration Week & SARB Rate Decision.
USD/ZAR News Inauguration week was the talk of the week for the vulnerable dollar.The arrival of President Joe Biden and...
Rand News – USD/ZAR rallies as Biden reveals his package
USD/ZAR In this weeks Rand News. The US dollar started the week on the backfoot as pressure to impeach President...
The Weekly Round Up – 2021-01-08
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The Weekly Round Up – Festive Edition
Rand News - South Africa is the hardest hit coronavirus country on the African continent however this didn’t stop the...
The Weekly Round Up 2020-12-11
Rand News - After surprising improvements in our GDP data on Tuesday, the news saw a break on USD/ZAR under...
The Weekly Round Up 2020-12-04
Rand News - The Rand experienced a cautious week with whispers of a mini lockdown creeping into the markets however...
The Weekly Round Up – 2020-11-27
Rand News - The current vaccine surge has been flourishing for almost a fortnight, and the rand can only be...
How to get the best exchange rate and you don’t need a crystal ball!
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Rand News – The USD remains under pressure due to increasing unemployment levels.
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Rand News – USD/ZAR support levels test R15.30
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USD/ZAR News – US Elections continue to take center stage this week.
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The Weekly Round Up – 2020-10-23
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The Weekly Round Up – 2020-10-16
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Weekly Round Up – 9 October 2020
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The Weekly Round Up – 2020-10-02
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Weekly Round Up – 28 August 2020
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Weekly Round Up – 21 August 2020
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Weekly Round Up 14 August 2020
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Weekly Round Up – 7 August 2020
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Rand News: Rand suffers 5th Straight Day of Losses
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Rand News: Rand Drops 2% Against the US Dollar in Overnight Trade
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South Africa Rand takes a beating as SA enters a technical recession
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Rand consolidates, gives up some gains.
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Daily Rand Traders View – 11th July 2018
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Daily Rand Traders View – 10th July 2018
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The Rand is gaining ground in the wake of softer US data.
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USD/ZAR stays low as US interest rates are increased
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South African Rand move back up to 12.52 highly anticipated
USD/ZAR - The Rand regained 50% of its losses from Monday/Tuesday Possible best buying today around 12.40 with a move...
US dollar blasts through 12.45 against the Rand
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