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Apr 1, 20243 min read
March Investment Newsletter
USD: Fed's Powell stuns market, hints at faster rate hikes; EUR: Eurozone investor confidence dips amid sluggish retail sales; ZAR:...
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Claude Machiha
Apr 1, 20243 min read
March Investment Newsletter
USD: Fed's Powell stuns market, hints at faster rate hikes; EUR: Eurozone investor confidence dips amid sluggish retail sales; ZAR:...
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Claude Machiha
Oct 31, 20234 min read
October Investment Newsletter
USD: GDP surges 4.9% in Q3, new Home Sales up by 12.3%, while jobless claims hit 210,000; EUR: Eurozone Manufacturing PMI drops to 43.0...
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Claude Machiha
Sep 30, 20235 min read
September Investment Newsletter
US: Fed Holds the Line on Interest Rates, Jobless Claims Surprise; EUR: German PPI Dips, Eurozone Consumer Confidence Wavers; ZAR:...
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Claude Machiha
Aug 31, 20233 min read
August Investment Newsletter
US: US Fed Reserve catapults interest rates to 22-Year peak; EUR: Worsening economic data on fundamentals cause recession worries; ZAR:...
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Claude Machiha
Jul 31, 20234 min read
July Investment Newsletter
US: US retail sales edged up 0.2% in June, slightly below expectations and the previous month's growth of 0.5%; EUR: Eurozone inflation...
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Claude Machiha
Jul 3, 20234 min read
June Investment Newsletter
USD: Fed Pauses Rate Hike, Awaits Data and Market Reactions; ZAR: Saffa economy capped by ongoing electricity crisis and political damage...
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Claude Machiha
May 31, 20234 min read
May Investment Newsletter
USD: Greenback continues to outperform all other currencies amid various global inflationary pressures; EUR: Germany officially entering...
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Claude Machiha
May 1, 20233 min read
April Investment Newsletter
USD: Inflation slowing down but recession worries speeding up; EUR: German producer price inflation stabilises, indicating steadier...
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Claude Machiha
Apr 3, 20233 min read
March Investment Newsletter
USD: Fed makes quarter-point move toward further taming inflation; EUR: Falling oil prices aren't reflecting in energy producer's prices...
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Claude Machiha
Feb 28, 20233 min read
February Investment Newsletter
US: Flash composite PMI rises to eight-month high; EUR: Nine-month high expansion rates ease recession fears; ZAR: Average SA headline...
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Claude Machiha
Jan 30, 20233 min read
January Investment Newsletter
ZAR: "Loadshedding" disrupts lucrative mining sector, causing business activities to halt; US: Dollar economy sales from manufacturing...
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Claude Machiha
Nov 30, 20223 min read
November Investment Newsletter
Germany closed the QatarEnergy deal, securing a two-million-ton supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year; US Fed intends to slow...
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Claude Machiha
Oct 31, 20223 min read
October Investment Newsletter
USD$ proves to be resilient amid trade deficits; ECB raises rates causing Euro value to nose-dive; South African core inflation rises...
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Claude Machiha
Oct 3, 20223 min read
September Investment Newsletter
UK panic has officially begun with the Pound Sterling being at its lowest pairing against the Dollar since 1985; the South African...
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Claude Machiha
Aug 31, 20224 min read
August Investment Newsletter
Dollar bill continues to increase in purchasing power parity despite the Fed's aggressive tax hikes?; The economic fight to reduce...
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Claude Machiha
Jul 31, 20224 min read
July Investment Newsletter
Dollar and Euro reach parity ($1:€1) for the first time in 20 years; Japan new heavyweight champion on the Henley & Partners Passport...
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Claude Machiha
Jun 25, 20223 min read
June Investment Newsletter
European inflationary pressures; U.S. Fed's steepest interest rate hike since 1994; Africa to be Europe's new gasman?; UK to face...
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