Schroders economists provide their latest forecast update and discuss how sticky inflation is complicating the picture for central banks.

South Africa has always been a country with high levels of political uncertainty, but not political instability. For the last three decades, it has been governed by a single party with a comfortable majority. No more. We are now in unchartered political territory, and things can go in very different directions from this point forward.

In a quarter characterised by a plethora of growth constraints such the El Nino-induced heat wave the decimated crops, loadshedding, and inefficiencies at ports, agriculture still managed to rebound strongly in Q1, 2024.

With seven of the world's ten fastest-growing economies Africa's outlook is more promising than ever before. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that no other continent will compete in growth in the near future

Tickmill Managing Partner, Roger Eskinazi, explains that fear and greed are widely recognised as the two most prominent emotional setbacks in online trading. Many traders, regardless of their level of experience fall victim to these emotions and make short-sighted decisions based on deep-seated insecurities and the desire to maximise their earnings, despite the odds.

Theoretically, recurring events such as elections should create predictable patterns in the behaviour of various asset classes during election years. By implication, this should also translate into predictable investor behaviour.