Mike Schüssler wrote a piece about how the pandemic-induced rate cuts are impacting South Africa (Economic recovery: Low rates are playing a starring role). Taking this further, I am going to build a top-down investment shopping list for those who believe that rates will remain low-for-longer and inflation benign. Simplistically, low interest rates are stimulative…
Tag: retail
Is Inflation Picking Up?
As with most of the world, South Africa’s inflation rate has been falling for a number of years. This becomes incredibly clear when you see it visually: Yet, globally bond yields are lifting, yield curves are pushing out, soft and hard commodities are rallying & energy prices are rising. All the indications are that inflation…
Warning Signs: Retailers, Shopping Centres & Retail REITs (Part 1 of 2)
OLD ARTICLE – Original posted on November 22, 2016 Following an exchange with Byron Lotter on Twitter (see here) after what I believe (and the market believes) was a very poor trading update from Woolies (WHL). But Woolies is not alone in this regard. Here are the key listed retailers, their like-for-like same-store growth, inflation…