SA downgrade rally causes bewilderment
After a brief sell-off in response to S&P’s decision to cut South Africa’s foreign and local currency issuer rating last Friday, South African assets rallied on Monday, as investors buy on the dip — even though the country’s economic outlook is on a downward trajectory.
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