News
Product releases, market developments and regulatory changes that matter to people moving money in and out of South Africa. Short, factual updates — what changed and what it means for you.
Conspiracy theories
There’s a conspiracy theory doing the rounds that US President Donald Trump is deliberately crashing the US economy as part of a 5D chess game to bring down interest rates so he…
Get out of debt now
Most of the common advice on debt is well-meaning but often unhelpful. Especially when debt is too overwhelming to even confront.
Reserve Bank forecasting errors
The chart below from Codera shows the Reserve Bank over-estimated headline and core inflation before the COVID-19 pandemic and under-estimated inflation in the period that…
Money down the drain
We could not help but notice this rather useful summary of completely wasted expenditure on state-owned companies put out by Free SA.
Why European banks will blow up in the next few years
Four banks blew up in the US in the last two years. Many more banks will blow up in Europe in the next few years.
The rise and fall of great empires – are we there yet?
Billionaire Ray Dalio made a video summarising his many years of research into world empires, how they rise, grow and eventually fail.
David Sacks: SA’s quiet kingmaker, from PayPal to Trump
Source: Wikipedia An interesting factoid for South Africans is that Donald Trump’s new crypto czar, David Sacks, was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg, but at a young age moved with…
Tax revolt brewing
There may not be a tax revolt in South Africa, but it’s clear there is growing non-compliance.
Is a global political realignment underway?
A Recent Post on X.com Highlights Global Political Shifts A recent post on X.com got nearly 24 million views and appears to show something quite profound about the state of global…