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06 Mar 2024
Markets In A Nutshell — For February 2024
Investors showered US stocks with love this Valentine’s month, spurning bonds. The US S&P 500 Index surged 5.2%, closing above the 5,000 level for the first time. The Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones indices also…
23 Feb 2024
Unpacking the 2024 Budget Speech: Two top take-aways
Faced with some very harsh realities – from a severely constrained economy and infrastructure challenges to lower commodity-driven revenue and expenditure running well above target – Minister of Finance Enoch…
06 Feb 2024
Markets In A Nutshell — For January 2024
January marked the beginning of a new year, but it did not herald a change in stock market momentum. US equity markets continued to defy gravity and the US S&P 500 Index again made new highs. Meanwhile, the Hang…
23 Jan 2024
Nancy Hossack appointed multiple-counsellor portfolio manager on Foord Conservative and Balanced Funds
Foord Asset Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Nancy Hossack from January 2024 as a multiple-counsellor portfolio manager on medium and high-equity South African multi-asset portfolios.
16 Jan 2024
Tech Titans In Focus: Contrasting The US And Chinese Tech Markets
The US technology sector was on a tear last year. It dramatically outperformed the tech sectors of other markets, including the world’s second biggest tech market, China. In this article, Foord Global Equity Fund…
16 Jan 2024
Delivering Safe Investment Returns In 2024
Despite the risks associated with expensive global share markets, the investment landscape still offers investors prospects for decent returns in 2024. Investment professional Linda Eedes writes that the global…