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BBB Ep 25 - Stocks end strongly, making July best month since April 2020; Arcelor Mittal's appeal for investors; Crypto back in favour; China fears pr..

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While the Western World celebrates July as the best month for stock markets since April 2020's Covid lockdown bounce, China is seeing ominous signs of social unrest in the wake of massive property development company defaults. Also in this episode of the BizNews Breakfast Briefing, investors jump back into crypto currencies and gold - both targeted as inflation hedges - and we have highlights from our interview with Arcelor Mittal CEO Kobus Verster which explores the steelmaker's leverage to the potential of an improved (post-2024) South African economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31 Jul 2022 9PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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