In this webinar, STANLIB’s Multi-Strategy Portfolio Manager, Peter van der Ross and Senior Quantitative Strategist, Michael Streatfield provide insightful research as we venture into the second half of 2021.
Continue readingAre we creatures of habit? [Charticle]
Consumer behaviour has changed. It would appear as though the sudden outbreak of a pandemic provided a catalyst for consumers to try something new.
Continue readingHas the pandemic induced a new commodity super cycle?
Since COVID-19-related lockdowns became widespread globally in Q1 2020, bottlenecks have developed in various supply chains, including most commodity markets, to varying degrees.
Continue readingGlobal trade’s remarkable recovery
Global trade represents approximately 30% of global GDP. The world’s economic performance, especially global industrial production, is closely linked to the performance of global trade.
Continue readingAdapting to new dynamics in managing credit risk as we move through a recovery
The gradual lifting of Covid-19-related restrictions has shifted the focus to economic recovery in all its forms.
Continue readingOptimism, growth and good policy
This year, “inflation” is one of the words most bandied about in markets. For some investors it is a concern, and for others it represents an opportunity.
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