NewsIs it true that SA’s unemployment rate is 33% or 10%?
Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie recently claimed SA’s unemployment is closer to 10% than the official 32.9% if we count the enormous informal sector which, by some accounts, represents…
TradingJapan, the canary in the coal mine
Japan, as you can see below, is the world’s largest holder of US debt. What happens if, and when, it has to call up that debt?
NewsMacro Monday
Market Recap Looking back at last week, we saw a mixed bag of figures, the main highlight being the U.S. Federal Reserve Minutes and elections in the United Kingdom and France.
CryptoMicroStrategy’s Book Value Versus Its Market Value
MicroStrategy and the Accounting Dilemma MicroStrategy (MSTR) has a book value per share of $12.62, which is what each shareholder would theoretically receive if the company went…
NewsMicroStrategy’s huge gamble on BTC
MicroStrategy is a data analytics company, founded by Michael Saylor (who has since handed over the CEO post to Phong Le).
CryptoNot a bad year for the barbarous relic. Even better for bitcoin.
Gold was up 27% in 2024, and the S&P 500 24%. Not bad for a “barbarous relic,” as economist John Maynard Keynes described gold in 1924.
ForexRemittance is a huge (and expensive) business
Remittance is a Huge (and Expensive) Business If ever there was a market begging for disruption, it’s remittances.
NewsSA public sector workers earn 50% more than the private sector
Stats SA puts the average monthly salary in SA at R28,220 in the third quarter of 2024, which is 6.6% higher than it was the previous year.
NewsSA’s evaporating manufacturing sector
The chart below is concerning on so many fronts. It shows manufacturing as a percentage of South Africa’s GDP falling from 25% in 1980 to less than 13% today.
NewsScam city
Most of us in the financial sector have had family members who fell for a scam of some sort.
CryptoShould I invest in Bitcoin or Altcoins?
Those who were around at the birth of the internet may remember the competition for internet dominance: Gopher or the World Wide Web (www).
CryptoSigns of a bull market in its infancy
The chart below from Crypto Quant shows something quite extraordinary. Pay attention to the blue line. It shows reserves on crypto exchanges falling… and falling.