Quattro News - Wills & Estates
April 8, 2025
Let’s be real: The world feels chaotic right
now. Institutions are wobbling, markets are
volatile, and the world is overflowing with
uncertainty. These are external factors and
are largely beyond our control. In an era
that has been marked by self-reliance we
struggle to cope when we feel the inability
to influence and alter. This adds to general
anxiety, which you may be experiencing as
an investor.
April 7, 2025
In March 2020 the S&P500 shed $3.3trn in two days as sheer panic around the COVID virus ripped through markets. That record 2 day selloff was shattered last week as the S&P500 lost almost $6trn over Thursday and Friday, and with equity futures deep in the red this suggests that the selling isn’t don’t yet.
April 2, 2025
The market hates uncertainty and at present we have uncertainty by the bucketload as details ahead of Trump’s Liberation Day policies remain scarce. The 2nd of April has arrived however, and the wait is almost over, although Trump’s announcement is scheduled for 10pm our time so most of us will only know what’s happened when we wake up tomorrow!!!
April 1, 2025
1 April 2025 is here, a day known for hijinks around the world, but today also marks the 10-year anniversary of my daily forex report!!! This milestone is a proud achievement.
March 27, 2025
We finally had some movement in our exchange rate with the Rand breaking out of its well defined trading range last Friday afternoon. Unfortunately however the direction of this move was not what we were hoping for.