Market Indicators
USD/ZAR 16.43 🔼
EUR/ZAR 18.74 🔽
AUD/ZAR 11.34 🔽
GBP/ZAR 21.73 🔽
Brent Crude USD 74.43 / ZAR 1,223 🔽
Gold (Au) USD 4,047 / ZAR 66,488 🔽
BTC USD 59,910 / ZAR 984,322 🔽
COFFEE USD 2.74 / ZAR 44.94 / LBS 🔽
The DOLLAR did the talking this week, punching to a 13-month high as the Fed held the line and traders rotated out of RISk. The stronger greenback dragged the ZAR off its early-March best, nudging USD/ZAR back to 16.43 after a month of relief. AU and BTC both COOLED — AU slipping under USD4,050, BTC sagging toward USD60k — as the safe-haven trade LOST its shine. Brent OIL kept FALLING, a third straight weekly drop, which stays the one clean WIN for MZANSI at the pump. None of this is a SIGNAL to do anything. A firmer USD and a softer AU tape are weather, NOT climate. Sit STILL and let the DIN pass.
DUCK steals the WORLD CUP.
ENTROPY cracks WORDLE.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260619020508.htm
SPIDER and SNAKE share a bedroom.
BANANA car gets PULLED over.
PLAGUE older than the PYRAMIDS.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/17/science/oldest-plague-evidence
SHRINKING Caspian.
INTEREST: The iridescent BLUE and green of a peacock’s feathers contain no blue or green pigment — the colour is entirely structural, produced by microscopic crystal-like structures in the feathers that interfere with light, a phenomenon called THIN-FILM interference.
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