Iran fires missiles at the UAE. US opens Homez. Another tariff hurdle for Trump, and an FOMC standoff. The Rand shrugged off the lot — for now. The week had everything. Missiles at the UAE. A 2026 oil price high. A Federal Reserve chairman chairing his final meeting. A court striking down the 10% blanket tariff. And a jobs number that nearly doubled what the Street expected. By Thursday, the Rand had touched R16.23 to the dollar — exactly the target zone we flagged back on 17

Another week down, and what a week it was for the markets on many fronts.... ...with the Rand itself being among the players as it pushed below R17/$ for the first time since February 2023! And here's the kicker - we called it to a tee with our forecast last week. But that historic breakout wasn't the only story... Global markets had one of their most volatile weeks in months, with the Dow hitting record highs before crashing 797 points in a single day, Bitcoin capitulating

Welcome to this week's Rand Review - and apologies for the break in these coming, but we had a few things happening behind the scenes, which we will be sharing soon.. Well, here we are wrapping up another action-packed week that looked like it was going one way... ...before doing a complete U-turn and ending up right back where it started! The week began with South Africa's removal from the FATF grey list after 33 months - a designation that had hammered investor confidence a