I've been watching the rand lately and its currently sitting at R10.71 = $1.00. How is this going to affect our hobby. The cost of imports are going to sky rocket.
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It's effect on the petrol price though.... now thats something I'm going to be about
Hi some imported goods a friend of mine brought in were at R6.95 to the US$, do the maths!Hi guys
The ripple effect of the Rand/Dollar in the Live stock imports are very very scary.
Firstly all Cites permit are us$ based, the actual stock is US$ and the biggest part is the shipping allso us$ as well as fuel increases. The current oil price will still take a while before it will filter to aviation fuel and I doubt that we will ever see a ruduction in shipping cost.
Sadly expect a 30% plus increase in live stock.
Regards
Carl
I fully agree with this, that's why i called it a roller coaster, as the world stands at the moment SA is not a bad place to be, yes we have our political fiasco at the moment, but our large financial institutions are standing firm. As for our political situation the split in the ANC government can only be good for the country and democracy.Hi All - I think this is just "knee-jerk" reaction to the current stock exchanges. Many people dealing in currencies are now selling - soon some other people will be buying the Rand as a commodity again, increasing the value. The current increase in the RAND/$ exchange rate will not stay around for long...
Hi All - I think this is just "knee-jerk" reaction to the current stock exchanges. Many people dealing in currencies are now selling - soon some other people will be buying the Rand as a commodity again, increasing the value. The current increase in the RAND/$ exchange rate will not stay around for long...
Personally, I think that this whole market volatility is a good thing for South Africa in the long term....
I have had Macro Economics as a Major in High School, and was ALWAYS fascinated with the stock exchanges of the world.... Have been tracking the whole RAND/$ echange rate for a very long time....
I think that in a few days' time the Rand / $ would be down to between R8.50-R9 to the dollar... and over the Christmas season it might even be in the low R8's to the $....
Just be patient - bear it - people should just not panic....
The Marines importing should not be impacted in a HUGE way, because as less people buy marines, the demand will be lower, forcing importing of marines to decrease as well, which will lead to the suppliers of marines in the world, to drop their prices as well, to encourage demand again......... So - it's a whole circle-process....
Just be patient..... Like in keeping marines - only bad things happen fast in finance as well...
wow Thalion - thats not cool....
At 07:55 the rand was bid at R10.8401 to the dollar from a previous close of R10.6687. It was bid at R14.4870 to the euro from a previous R14.3728 and at R18.6815 against sterling from 18.2950 before.
The euro was bid at $1.3374 from $1.3459 overnight, while gold was quoted at $842.30 a troy ounce from US$847.60/oz overnight.