FRAUD, TIMELESS, DEAD, EROTICA, AUSSIE, CHINA, CHEESE

Market Indicators

USD/ZAR: 17.43 🔼
EUR/ZAR: 20.40 🔼
AUD/ZAR: 11.26 🔽
GBP/ZAR: 23.39 🔼
Brent Crude: UISD 62.46 / ZAR 1,088.86 per barrel 🔽
Gold (Au): USD 4,266.85 / ZA R74,360.00 per troy ounce 🔼
BTC: USD 105 130 / R1,834,946.24 🔽

Markets are VOLATILE today as geopolitical tensions and banking concerns fuel a global flight to safety.
U.S. regional banks are under PRESSURE, while military activity in the Middle East and Asia heightens investor caution.
Safe-haven assets are SURGING, and expectations for interest rate cuts are rising. South African resource stocks are benefiting from COMMODITY strength and global rearmament themes. The rand gains on export OPTIMISM, while risk appetite remains subdued. Defensive sectors and hard assets are leading the WAY.

CHINESE officials in TROUBLE.

Read it here: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lq4305336o

TIMELESS Bruce Lee.

Read it here: https://x.com/BMasculineBeast/status/1976686977568096763?s=08

DEAD internet.

Read it here: https://www.bgr.com/1984401/what-dead-internet-theory-means-explained/

EROTICA Chat GPT.

Read it here: https://newsgpt.ai/2025/10/15/openai-reverses-course-allows-ai-erotica-on-chatgpt/?utm_source=brevo&utm_campaign=Daily%20Email%20-%2015%20October%202025&utm_medium=email

Aussie FORESTS emit more CARBON.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd05mdz9pdo

INTEREST: There are caves in Missouri that store 635,029,318 kg of government-owned CHEESE..

Read it here: https://www.farmlinkproject.org/stories-and-features/cheese-caves-and-food-surpluses-why-the-u-s-government-currently-stores-1-4-billion-lbs-of-cheese

Have a great weekend

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