This site requires JavaScript to be enabled. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings, or upgrade to a modern browser.

When investing, macro data trend is what matters

Loading player...

Carmen Mpelwane, investment analyst at Sanlam Investments, on local inflation creeping higher to 7% and the FOMC's rate decision last night. How much does she consider these data points in analysing investments?
Sithembile Bopela, investment research analyst at FNB Wealth & Investments, on strong numbers in OUTsurance's results, even as new business only grows 8.6%.Dr Roelof Botha on the Afrimat Construction Index. Are we seeing spending pick up or is it constrained by load shedding and weak GDP growth?

23 Mar 2023 1AM English South Africa Business News · Business

Other recent episodes

[TOP STORY] Investing through the Iran conflict market volatility

Momentum Head of Asset Allocation Herman van Papendorp expects ‘earnings growth momentum might be slightly slower than pre-Iran, but it's still going to be there, still going to be significant’.

8 Apr 3AM 8 min

Do director dealings matter?

Chantal Marx from FNB Wealth & Investments unpacks directors’ dealings and whether investors should place much weight on insider buying or selling. Herman van Papendorp from Momentum asks whether the case for EM equities over DM still holds as the Iranian war rattles markets. And Robert Gwerengwe, CEO of Wesbank,…

8 Apr 1AM 21 min

[TOP STORY] Tailoring unrest insurance to industry risks in SA

Themba Sibiya from Sasria explains that the Wrap Cover change to highlight for clients is that the rates are now based on occupancy and the industry a client falls into.

7 Apr 2AM 6 min

Wait for peace: Then buy the rebound

Petri Redelinghuys from Herenya Capital Advisors unpacks the key trade to watch when the Iran conflict winds down. Anelmari Truter from Tax Consulting SA breaks down Sars’s intensified focus on high-wealth individuals and donation structures – what’s changing and what it means for taxpayers. Plus, Themba Sibiya from Sasria on…

7 Apr 1AM 20 min

[TOP STORY] Demystifying SA’s retail investment surge

‘Treasury has indicated that there will be consistency and certainty around how retail hedge funds are taxed in line with traditional unit trusts, which … talks well to the motif of saving in South Africa’ – Hayden Reinders, Prescient Fund Services.

2 Apr 3AM 7 min

All episodes