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Market Indicators

Market Indicators

USD/ZAR 16.17 🔼 EUR/ZAR 18.80 🔼 AUD/ZAR 11.60 🔼 GBP/ZAR 21.87 🔼 Brent Crude USD 106.50 / ZAR 1,722 🔼 Gold (Au) USD 4,322 / ZAR 69,886 🔽 BTC USD 77,253 / ZAR 1,249,168 🔽 COFFEE USD 3.03 / ZAR 49.00 / LBS 🔽

Brent PUNCHED to USD 106 as Houthi forces seized a Red Sea port near Bab al-Mandab, threatening a strait that carries 12% of global trade. AU and BTC both COOLED as the USD firmed on fresh Fed hike bets, and MZANSI posted its widest current account DEFICIT since 2019. The ZAR still SLIPPED to 16.17 regardless. None of it changes the picture at home: October is shaping up to be the PRICIEST fuel month on record, with petrol and diesel both threatening all-time highs within weeks. STAY the course. Do NOTHING reactive to one ugly week.

AI cash FLOODS Finland.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/09/09/finland-Google-artificial-intelligence-investment/3651788940337

Burning Man REAPER

https://newsgpt.ai/2026/09/08/two-participants-die-at-burning-man-festival-in-nevada/?utm_source=brevo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Email%20-%208%20September%202026

CROCODILE head in the SUITCASE.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/09/08/italy-authorities-discover-crocodile-head-in-mans-luggage/1601788904831/

Dino bones under the DIGGER.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260907201603.htm

MARMOT’S radiator bender.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/09/10/San-Francisco-mystery-marmot/2781789056914

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Some SNAILS can have over 25,000 teeth.

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