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March Investment Newsletter
USD: Fed's Powell stuns market, hints at faster rate hikes; EUR: Eurozone investor confidence dips amid sluggish retail sales; ZAR:...
Apr 1, 20243 min read


March Investment Newsletter
USD: Fed's Powell stuns market, hints at faster rate hikes; EUR: Eurozone investor confidence dips amid sluggish retail sales; ZAR:...
Claude Machiha
Apr 1, 20243 min read


October Investment Newsletter
USD: GDP surges 4.9% in Q3, new Home Sales up by 12.3%, while jobless claims hit 210,000; EUR: Eurozone Manufacturing PMI drops to 43.0...
Claude Machiha
Oct 31, 20234 min read


September Investment Newsletter
US: Fed Holds the Line on Interest Rates, Jobless Claims Surprise; EUR: German PPI Dips, Eurozone Consumer Confidence Wavers; ZAR:...
Claude Machiha
Sep 30, 20235 min read


August Investment Newsletter
US: US Fed Reserve catapults interest rates to 22-Year peak; EUR: Worsening economic data on fundamentals cause recession worries; ZAR:...
Claude Machiha
Aug 31, 20233 min read


July Investment Newsletter
US: US retail sales edged up 0.2% in June, slightly below expectations and the previous month's growth of 0.5%; EUR: Eurozone inflation...
Claude Machiha
Jul 31, 20234 min read


June Investment Newsletter
USD: Fed Pauses Rate Hike, Awaits Data and Market Reactions; ZAR: Saffa economy capped by ongoing electricity crisis and political damage...
Claude Machiha
Jul 3, 20234 min read


May Investment Newsletter
USD: Greenback continues to outperform all other currencies amid various global inflationary pressures; EUR: Germany officially entering...
Claude Machiha
May 31, 20234 min read


April Investment Newsletter
USD: Inflation slowing down but recession worries speeding up; EUR: German producer price inflation stabilises, indicating steadier...
Claude Machiha
May 1, 20233 min read


March Investment Newsletter
USD: Fed makes quarter-point move toward further taming inflation; EUR: Falling oil prices aren't reflecting in energy producer's prices...
Claude Machiha
Apr 3, 20233 min read


February Investment Newsletter
US: Flash composite PMI rises to eight-month high; EUR: Nine-month high expansion rates ease recession fears; ZAR: Average SA headline...
Claude Machiha
Feb 28, 20233 min read


January Investment Newsletter
ZAR: "Loadshedding" disrupts lucrative mining sector, causing business activities to halt; US: Dollar economy sales from manufacturing...
Claude Machiha
Jan 30, 20233 min read


November Investment Newsletter
Germany closed the QatarEnergy deal, securing a two-million-ton supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year; US Fed intends to slow...
Claude Machiha
Nov 30, 20223 min read


October Investment Newsletter
USD$ proves to be resilient amid trade deficits; ECB raises rates causing Euro value to nose-dive; South African core inflation rises...
Claude Machiha
Oct 31, 20223 min read


September Investment Newsletter
UK panic has officially begun with the Pound Sterling being at its lowest pairing against the Dollar since 1985; the South African...
Claude Machiha
Oct 3, 20223 min read


August Investment Newsletter
Dollar bill continues to increase in purchasing power parity despite the Fed's aggressive tax hikes?; The economic fight to reduce...
Claude Machiha
Aug 31, 20224 min read


July Investment Newsletter
Dollar and Euro reach parity ($1:€1) for the first time in 20 years; Japan new heavyweight champion on the Henley & Partners Passport...
Claude Machiha
Jul 31, 20224 min read


June Investment Newsletter
European inflationary pressures; U.S. Fed's steepest interest rate hike since 1994; Africa to be Europe's new gasman?; UK to face...
Claude Machiha
Jun 25, 20223 min read
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