Corona? Within three months, a humanitarian disaster has knocked the world of its feet as the Coronavirus, aka COVID-19, exploded onto the global stage by infecting China, with Wuhan City being the epicentre of the contagion. The virus, for whom there is no cure, has drug...
Welcome Back to 2020! Performance The year began with an optimistic tone as global markets continued their rally, mainly being pushed by U.S markets, driven mainly by the technology sector. Last year, global equities were up 24.1% with the U.S. being the best performer and emerging markets...
Performance November saw volatility come back as the markets began to doubt whether the 'phase one' deal of the trade war between the U.S. and China would be completed. America's economy continued to release good economic data with 76% of the S&P500 companies beating revenue expectations...
Performance The month of October typically showed the volatility that has come to characterise global markets with President Trump of the U.S. re-evaluating the possibility of a trade deal. Nonetheless, he announced that a ‘phase one’ portion of the trade war resolution would occur. Global markets...
Performance November saw volatility come back as the markets began to doubt whether the 'phase one' deal of the trade war between the U.S. and China would be completed. America's economy continued to release good economic data with 76% of the S&P500 companies beating revenue expectations...
Performance The month of July ushered in the second half of the year which saw the continuation of the American economy powering ahead with gross domestic numbers (GDP) coming in at 2.1% beating expectations of 1.8%. 78% of the S&P500 companies that reported second quarterly earnings...
Performance For the month of April, performance was up by 2.3% closing out the first quarter of the year. Cumulatively, that brought returns of 2% for the quarter as globally, stocks saw their best returns in the last nine years. The quarter had started on a...
Growthpoint, the largest South African listed property company with a market cap of R72bn, released results during the month of March which were indicative of the difficult economic environment. Dividend per share growth was up 4.5% for the six months ended December 2018 and the...