Sentiment towards the USD has improved or rather, global growth sentiment has deteriorated and a rotation back towards the USD is now evident. Since November, the tourism sector has been further battered by a decision to ban incoming flights to the c...

Commodities are in focus this morning. Equally faith in the longer term strength of the dollar is fading and this could well underpin the yellow metal going forward. Specifically, tax income in the six months through December grew by nearly a third t...

Prevailing logic suggests that the USD should appreciate further in the coming months due to the divergence in monetary policy that exists between the US and its major trading partners, yet yesterday, the exact opposite happened. More recently, the a...

The heavyweight Johannesburg market has had a solid year, giving a US$ total return of around 17%, with strong showings from MTN Group, Sasol and Investec, in particular, offsetting weakness from Naspers and Prosus. South Africa's solid market perfor...

On Friday, Fed Governor Chris Weller indicated that a rate hike would likely be warranted shortly after the bank ends its bond purchases in March. As a result, the USD is looking to break out of a bull flag formation to retest highs last seen in June...

The initial upbeat assessment of the FOMC decision to accelerate the taper and signal three rate hikes next year appears to be fading already. A rebound in economic activities has weighed on the GHS given the economy's structure which is largely depe...