Macro Monday: Ep 42: Global growth slows

What did the Fed see when it decided to cut rates by half a percentage point? Chief Investment Strategist at Investec Wealth & Investment Chris Holdsworth looks at last week’s interest rate decisions by the Fed and by the SA Reserve Bank.

As central bankers worldwide shift towards easing monetary policies, what kind of rate-cutting cycle are we entering? In the latest episode of No Ordinary Wednesday, Investec Treasury Economist Tertia Jacobs shares her expert insights on the factors that will the trajectory of interest rates in the coming months. 00:00 –…

In this episode of Everything Counts, we explore the financial and practical considerations of buying property for resale or as a holiday home. Motheo Khoaripe is joined by experts Keshnie July (Lending Product Owner at Investec), Hayley Ivins-Downs (Managing Executive for Real Estate at Lightstone Property), and Tsholofelo Mokoma (Property…

Investec’s Global Investment Strategy Group has kept its risk score at -1. Chief Investment Strategist at Investec Wealth & Investment Chris Holdsworth looks at the reasoning, against a backdrop of a likely cut in interest rates by the Fed later this week.

The US doesn’t appear to be in a recession yet. Nonetheless, markets are pricing in aggressive rate cuts in the year ahead in the US, as they are in Europe. Chief Investment Strategist at Investec Wealth & Investment Chris Holdsworth examines the implications.