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SA Reserve Bank kept interest rates unchanged in line with expectations. Unanimous decision. SARB’s base case expectation appears somewhat optimistic, which highlights that the Bank is assuming the Iran conflict ends fairly soon and there is no lasting impact on the oil price

The South African rand took a hit on Tuesday, falling sharply after weaker-than-expected local mining production figures and renewed pressure from ongoing trade tensions between the US and China. Read what else happened in the markets yesterday: psg.co.za/psg-financial-…

We’re in the final stretch of 2025, and who would have thought that after a strong 2024, the #MSCI #SouthAfrica #ETF would rank among the top 6 best-performing country ETFs for 2025, up an impressive 57% in USD terms? #Greece still leads, while #Argentina sits at the bottom.

The Federal Reserve cuts rates for the first time in 2025. ✂️ The 25 basis point reduction brings its benchmark interest rate in the range of 4% to 4.25%.

This is insane: Nvidia, $NVDA, now accounts for over 8% of the S&P 500, worth $4.47 TRILLION. This is the highest weighting for any single stock in index history.

Win No. 1 🏆

@HiThere144 @dom_lucre Thanks - found your post helpful

@dom_lucre looks like they anchored inside the chain radius of the other ship and when the wind picked up along their line, it pulled them together. Second ship to drop anchor is likely the culprit.

🔥🚨DEVELOPING: Steve Job’s $120 million super yacht crashed in Italy. Venus the yacht built for Apple's late co-founder Steve Job scrashed onto the superyacht of Mexican Billionaire.

@Ndaba_Luh Not a car guy, but read somewhere you can use 93 at high altitude (Jhb) and vehicle would be fine. Coast = 95 best option. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I still don’t understand the difference between 93 and 95 unleaded.🤦🏻‍♀️😩

Goldman Sachs Sees 175 Bps (1.75%) South Africa Rate Cuts as Inflation Eases

BREAKING: 🇿🇦 South Africa inflation rate falls to 4.6%, a three-year low.

@culturaltutor Seems purple to me…

A brief history of the colour orange:

@HowThingsWork_ @Francois_Smit

A chain trencher cuts with a digging chain or belt that is driven around a rounded metal frame, or boom. It resembles a giant chainsaw. This type of trencher can cut ground that is too hard to cut with a bucket-type excavator, and can also cut narrow and deep trenches.

@NoContextBrits One is filled with endless possibilities. The other with jam.

An empty jar for £2 or an identical jar filled with jam for 29p less. Makes sense.

Some teams fly home. French team will sommer walk! #Springboks #FRAvRSA #RWC23 #Bokke

England Rugby and Cricket teams losing in World Cups today 👀👀 #ENGvAFG #CWC23 #ENGvFIJ #RWC2023

A reminder - this game between #WALvARG is only the appetizer to the main course #IREvNZL. #RWC23

@MacronSports @manusamoa @Federugby @PortugalRugby @RugbyRomania @WelshRugbyUnion @Scotlandteam @GeorgianRugby Maybe just mention 6 teams 👀 #WALvARG #RWC2023

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇼🇸🇵🇹🇬🇪🇷🇴 Seven jerseys, seven teams ready to give their all for their country. Macron is the proud technical partner of more than a third of the teams that will participate in the #RWC2023, kicking off today in France! Read more: bit.ly/3ZgdRpi #BecomeYourOwnHero