The SA Rand has been hitting new lows lately. As if that – combined with poor investment returns from the JSE – is not bad enough, it is becoming clearer by the day that the government is getting serious about forcing retirement funds to invest in failing...
It is often said that the currency is like a country’s share-price. There are many outside factors that effect currency values, but in general a currency will strengthen (or at least remain stable) when an economy does well, and weaken (or become less stable) when it...