Market Indicators
Market Indicators
USD/ZAR 16.41 🔼 EUR/ZAR 18.67 🔽 AUD/ZAR 11.51 🔼 GBP/ZAR 21.69 🔽 Brent Crude USD 105.60 / ZAR 1,733 🔼 Gold (Au) USD 4,283.72 / ZAR 70,298 🔽 BTC USD 84,171.23 / ZAR 1,381,250 🔼 COFFEE USD 2.75 / ZAR 45.13 / LBS 🔽
Central banks turned HAWKISH together this week. The Fed hiked for the first time since 2023, the BoJ pushed to a 31-year high, and the SARB followed with its second 25bps HIKE of the year, taking repo to 7.25% as August inflation ticked to 4.4%. MZANSI’s currency SLIPPED regardless, drifting past 16.40 as softer metals prices weighed on the trade story. Add six weeks to local elections and Ratings Afrika’s warning that alarm bells are ringing across seven of eight metros, and the mood turns CAUTIOUS. None of it changes the plan. Stay DISCIPLINED, stay diversified, and let the noise pass you by.
COINS trace VAN.
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AI clicks for YOU
https://www.theaireport.ai/newsletter/meta-is-cutting-16-000-jobs
Returning PLAGUE.
https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031025.htm
FRIENDSHIP Pandas
https://english.ahram.org.eg/UI/Front/Inner.aspx?NewsContentID=577465
New CAT.
https://englis h.aawsat.com/node/5320300
INTEREST: The small dot above a lowercase “i” or “j” has its own name — a TITTLE — a term that has existed in English since the 14th century.
Time RIPENS all things; no man is BORN wise. Miguel De Cervantes
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