Articles by Andre Botha
COLUMN: Why are USA mid-terms important to us?
It would not be surprising if a fair few of us had a bit of nostalgia with the sudden overflow of the word mid-term. Luckily it has nothing to do with late-night cramming for an exam - the key focus this week is the mid-term elections in America.
COLUMN: Taking an interest in the interest rate
The buzzword in economic terms are interest rates; especially this week when it’s announced whether the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank (MPC) will increase or cut local interest rates. Ahead of this, Andre Botha, senior deal...
Trump, Trump and a little bit of South Africa
What a November we had, with the rand staging one of its best months and closing below the R14.00 level. To be honest, this looked like quite a far-fetched possibility at one stage during the month. It seems that the tide has changed a little, e...
Rand runs out of steam in lead-up to budget speech
For all the foreshadowing that was done last week in terms of the two big speeches by the head of states in the United States (US) and South Africa (SA), very little happened as a direct consequence thereof.
Local elections, international uncertainty: How will the rand respond?
As we dust off the Easter Holiday cobwebs, we enter the business end of the local election. This brings about a lot of local noise which could increase volatility in the rand. The market will look at any headline news which could lend short-term...