10 November 2020 1 Min Read

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WATCH: Can the rand’s rally be sustained?

Johann Els from Old Mutual talks to Business Day TV about the rand’s response to Joe Biden’s victory

in Markets by Business Day TV
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The election of Joe Biden as US president has boosted investor appetite for riskier assets and this has caused the rand to rally along with its emerging-market peers.

To find out if the local unit’s recent gains can be sustained, Business Day TV spoke to Johann Els from Old Mutual.

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