‘Barbie mania’ puts investors in the pink
From the pink-clad world of Barbie to the dazzling lights of music tours, the impact of pop culture phenomena on the global financial markets is shaping investors’ decisions.
Conventional wisdom says that living expenses rise uniformly with inflation, so many financial plans are based simply on that. But analysing the spending patterns of retirees shows us that the data tells a different story.
Read moreFrom the pink-clad world of Barbie to the dazzling lights of music tours, the impact of pop culture phenomena on the global financial markets is shaping investors’ decisions.
Global tech shares and broad equity indexes have entered the high-risk and most dangerous stage of the market rally, says Ryk de Klerk.
Any stupid remark or action could lead to a further downgrade in South Africa’s credit rating and higher 10-year government bond yields.
The fallout could be very uncomfortable for equity investors and savers.
Financial markets were buoyed in 2021 by an easing of Covid-19-related restrictions, an ultra-accommodative monetary and fiscal policy stance and a rebounding jobs market, Momentum’s Herman van Papendorp, the head of investment research […]