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Think of your financial plan as a tower of champagne glasses. Fill one tier of savings, then cascade down to the next level…
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Investec Equities has downgraded Mr Price on the deeply-disliked NKD purchase, even as the bank lauds its role in a ‘successful transaction’…
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How I spend my currency … with Satrix’s Kingsley Williams
The Satrix chief investment officer on home renovations, Krugerrands, and not trying to time the next big thing…
The Hormuz shock didn’t break markets – it repriced them
Oil is still flowing – but at a higher structural cost. This is what the Hormuz repricing means for inflation, rate expectations and bonds…
Did the AI bubble pop – and we just didn’t notice?
Big Tech has been unwinding. Not with a crash. Not with a panic. But with a slow, almost imperceptible reset…
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