The worst may be over for SA stocks
While SA’s equity benchmark has trailed the broader emerging-market gauge this year, analysts and traders have begun betting on a rally in coming months.
While SA’s equity benchmark has trailed the broader emerging-market gauge this year, analysts and traders have begun betting on a rally in coming months.
Foreigners offloaded South African stocks at the fastest pace in two years last week, as worries about the state of the global economy helped spur an exit from riskier assets.
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