HeyJaredMatthew Matthee
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Rates are going up. Should you worry? (opens the original)
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COLUMN - This week the South African Reserve Bank raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.25%, which takes prime to 10.75%. The reason is inflation. The Reserve Bank now targets 3%, and the latest reading came in at 4.4% for August, up from 4.3% in July. What's interesting is that these rate cycles tend to be global. When we get inflation, the rest of the world usually gets it too. Right now everyone is worried about the same thing: rising oil prices and how they feed through into the cost
US rate hike puts South African investors on notice as rand advantage could fade (opens the original)
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COLUMN - On Wednesday evening, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25%, its first increase since 2023. The main reason is that inflation remains too high, with the jump in oil and fuel prices since the war with Iran began adding renewed pressure. If this feels familiar, it should. We have only just come out of a similar story. During Covid, central banks around the world cut interest rates to support households and businesses. In the US, rates went to almost zero. In South Africa,
The years are getting shorter: Why saving for tomorrow can cost you today (opens the original)
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COLUMN - It’s the second week of spring. Two-thirds of 2026 is already gone. If it feels like this year has moved faster than last year, you're not imagining it. And next year will probably feel faster still. In 1877, French philosopher Paul Janet proposed that we don't experience a year on its own. We experience it as a fraction of all the time we've already lived. When you're 10 years old, one year is a full tenth of your life. That's enormous. It's one reason a childhood December holiday coul
What the Market has taught us: Why staying invested matters (opens the original)
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COLUMN - It's the first week of spring, which feels like a good time for a market recap. I've used the following indices to show what has been happening across different parts of the market: JSE All Share Index — represents the broad South African equity market. JSE Listed Property Index — represents the performance of South African listed property companies. MSCI Emerging Markets Index — a market-cap-weighted index representing emerging markets globally. China and other Asian markets make up a
Money Matters with Matt: Does a million dollars make you rich? (opens the original)
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COLUMN - I enjoyed a recent piece by American investment writer Ben Carlson asking exactly this question. The numbers are remarkable. There are now 25.3 million dollar millionaires in the world, up 7.9% last year. America alone added more than 1,200 new millionaires every single day. Count home equity and roughly one in five American households is a millionaire household. And yet the inequality continues right up the ladder. The ultra-wealthy, those worth $30 million or more, make up just 1% of
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