BBB EP 39 - Market's four week rally runs out of steam; Rand and Crypto take a bath; Will China go to war over Taiwan

Loading player...
In this episode of the BizNews Business Briefing we take a look at last week's market movers and provide the investment news you need to know. In focus is the end of a four week rally for stock markets and the impact of investors switching away from higher risk assets with the Rand, Gold and Crypto falling sharply. Also in this episode, the FT's Gideon Rachman considers whether China would go to war over Taiwan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 Aug 2022 12PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

BNC#9 | Masie Q&A: Eskom's extra gigawatts are AI's gateway into SA economy

Stafford Masie says the AI industry is not actually running out of electricity, it is running out of places to plug in. The real bottleneck for OpenAI and Anthropic in the United States is grid connection points that can absorb the violent power swings inference computing demands, without blowing transformers…
10 Sep 11AM 39 min

Ian Cameron: Another SAPS cover-up exposed!

In this interview with Chris Steyn, Ian Cameron, the Chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police, exposes a huge cover-up over many years of animal maltreatment at the SAPS Roodeplaat Veterinary facility. Speaking following the death of the arson-detection dog Sky, he said: “That hospital, if this is the way…
10 Sep 7AM 18 min

Solly Moeng: DA in danger of becoming the ANC

In his latest weekly chat with Chris Steyn, Political Commentator, Solly Moeng urges action from the Democratic Alliance (DA) over reports that the party is considering promoting Cape Town councillor - and fake doctor - Abdulkader “AK” Elyas to either Parliament or the Western Cape legislature despite guilty findings relating…
10 Sep 5AM 17 min