The world's oldest exchanges starting in India all the way through to Amsterdam.

Staring in Kimberly in 1881 through to the present Simon details the history of stock exchanges in South Africa.

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• US inflation 8.5%, UK 7.0%
• Capitec* (JSE code: CPI) results and a special dividend.
• Dave Segall asking about "Looming food and fertiliser shortages" and impact on local agriculture stocks.
• Purple Group* (JSE code: PPE) trading update (here are my previous expectations).

* I hold ungeared positions.

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• I have closed my Nasdaq long position. Still long FTSE100.
• Purple Group* (JSE code: PPE) trading update. Looks a little better than I expected.
• MTN (JSE code: MTN) more Nigerian woes.
• Reports that Woolies* (JSE code: WHL) may be selling David Jones.
• Elon Musk buys 9.2% of Twitter (NYSE code: TWTR).
• Moodys upgrades sovereign and banks from negative to stable.
• Deutsche Bank says: US recession in 2023 and stocks to fall 20% by summer 2023

The Rouble is almost back at pre-war levels against the US$.

20% interest rates, capital controls, no foreign selling on the Moscow Exchange, selling oil & gas in Roubles (maybe), reports of paying interest on debt with Roubles and of course traders in for a buck.