Short-term uncertainty versus long-term certainty | The danger of letting short-term market moves drive your decisions By Roné Swanepoel, Business Development Manager, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa “If I ask you what’s the risk in investing, you would...
Market and Economic Summary Most global markets moved higher in March, however, the positive moves masked the volatile nature of global financial markets over the month. The recent stress in the banking sector including SVB, Signature Bank and Credit Suisse led market...
Saving and investing | The ultimate power couple By Debra Slabber, Portfolio Specialist, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa When you earn and/or have money, you have the ability to control how you spend it, save it and/or invest it. This is where the...
What Happened? Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of the 20 largest banks in the U.S. in terms of assets, has collapsed. It was the second largest bank failure in U.S. history and had international operations that were also impacted. As well, another (slightly) smaller...
Market and Economic Summary After a strong start to the year, markets gave up some of their year-to-date gains in the month of February. This was on the back of stronger economic data, which led market participants to become concerned about interest rates staying...
The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced on the 24th of February that South Africa will be added to the ‘grey list’. As noted by the FATF: “When the FATF places a jurisdiction under increased monitoring, it means the country has committed to resolve...
