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How do geopolitical manoeuvres shape your trading and marketing moves?

Market participants must stay abreast of geopolitical developments such as conflicts when making trading decisions

Embracing the tides of a connected trading realm

The surge in retail investor activism is a testament to the power that comes with this connectivity

France’s 1998 and 2018 World Cup wins  might literally have saved lives. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)

World Cup fever can lead to more births, heart attacks and stock market fluctuations

The World Cup can trigger intense emotions in a way that no other sporting mega-event can

It may be that the most important lesson this pandemic has to teach us is that we don’t control nearly as many things as we like to think we do.

Coronavirus and the economy: We didn’t prepare for tough times

South Africa was well-placed for the 2008 crisis. But R3.18-trillion debt and low growth hamper its ability to limit the economic effects of Covid-19

In Australia, Europe and the US, many of those collecting plastic and other recyclables were left scrambling to find new places to send it. (Sebastian Kennerknecht/AFP)

Beware, the everything bubble

This stock market bubble is being led by the FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) stocks

Fed concerns pound emerging markets

Stocks and currencies slide, aggravated by news of Brazil’s ratings cut.

The market chaos in China led to stock market sell-offs around the world.

Reporter the fall guy for Chinese crisis

Business reporter Wang Xiaolu has been paraded on Chinese state TV to make an on-air "confession" for supposedly triggering stock market chaos.

China’s stocks sink most since 2007 as state intervention fails

China’s stocks plunged the most since 2007 as government support measures failed to allay investor concerns that a slowdown is deepening.

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China confident despite volatile stock markets

Despite global concern over China’s economic growth, the country says it has "great potential" and "high resilience".

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Beijing scrambles to calm markets as shares slip again

Beijing stock market’s wild gyrations have heightened fears about the financial stability of the world’s second biggest economy.

Chinese investors bank on state succour

Policymakers have gone to unprecedented lengths to prop up stocks struggling after the biggest sell-off in two decades.

Stock market rout stalls China’s march to liberalisation

The steepest rally since 2009 on Thursday showed the markets are finally responding to the government’s multipronged effort to halt the slide.

China stocks rise after Beijing slaps curbs on selling

Global investors fear that China’s market turmoil will destabilise the financial system, and be a bigger risk than the crisis in Greece.

Are global stock markets due a correction?

Market euphoria could end in tears

Some observers are warning euphoric global stock markets are overdue for a correction.

The super-rich swell their ranks and keep getting richer

A million more people joined the ranks of the global super-rich last year, almost a third of them in Asia.

Understanding the current market

The great mystery lies in why markets suddenly decide to react to one data point and not another.

Rand back to three-week lows

The rand fell more than 1,7% to a three-week low against the dollar on Wednesday as Europe’s debt problems kept investors wary of risk.

Investing in shares

How to buy shares with your 13th cheque.

Let the good, bad times roll

Markets have staged a $26-trillion recovery even while debt worries loom large.

World markets, GDP weigh on JSE

Mining counters led the downside as South African stocks extended losses by noon on Monday.