The third quarter of 2024 might have been good for equities, but it was less so for the US dollar. The US dollar index (DXY) dropped around 4.8% against a basket of currencies, turning in its worst quarterly performance in nearly two years. According to Reuters, Commodity Futures Trading Commission data indicates that net bets…
With global equity markets at record highs, advisors and investors can be justifiably concerned as to the timing of committing large sums of money to this asset class. In this article, we have researched the data of global equities performances over the past 30 years, using the MSCI World as a proxy, and using multiple…
The following article was commissioned by Dynasty for our clients and compiled by our research partner, Analytics Consulting, as represented on our Investment Committee. Since South Africa went to the polls on 29 May of this year, the USD/ZAR exchange rate has moved from a level of R18.40/$ on that day to a level of…
It has certainly been an action-packed quarter for the markets, spanning a correction for tech stocks at the end of July and into the flash crash in early August, and then a strong recovery in August and again in September. Overall, investors have every reason to be pleased with where the three months to 30…
