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Download Performance Update                2021 was off to a not-so-roaring start, thanks to resurgent global and domestic Covid infections and three more virulent strains of the coronavirus (in the UK, Brazil and South Africa).…
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Download Performance Update                When we think back to 2020, one thing that will always stand out is COVID-19 and the way this virus changed our worlds forever. It is no wonder that Collins…
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Download Performance Update                Markets have moved from RORO (risk on/risk off) to SOSO (stimulus on/stimulus off) to VOVO (vaccine on/vaccine off). October turned out to be quite an exciting month with strained stimulus…
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Download Performance Update                The past month has been an exciting time for global markets. The initial risk-off in September quickly gave way to a rebound in equities as investors became more comfortable with…
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Download Performance Update                South Africans are celebrating the move to Lockdown Level 2 as the number of new daily Covid-19 infections steadily declines. Yet the risk is that Level 2 might be too…
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Download Performance Update                Despite all the speculation about the market’s “V-bound” pricing in a “V-shaped” economic recovery, mobility data and various surveys suggest a more protracted and uneven recuperation. This is particularly the…
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Download Performance Update                The debate has shifted from the depth of the recession to the shape of the recovery. Notwithstanding the relatively minor risk-off market behavior in recent days, risk assets have largely…
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Download Performance Update                “There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs” – Thomas Sowell South Africa’s policy makers have come to realise that there are no solutions to the Covid-19 pandemic, nor the…
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Download Performance Update                  South Africa has been in lockdown for 25 days with 10 more to come and we all hope that it will not be extended again. Perversely, the more effective…
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Download Performance Update We are usually an upbeat bunch in our monthly communications to clients, but under the current circumstances, it may seem challenging to look for the silver linings. The coronavirus has brought and will continue to bring much…
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