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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has expressed optimism that the markets will recover once fears over the coronavirus pandemic subside. CoronavirusInSA sabcnews

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has expressed optimism that the markets will recover – once fears over the coronavirus pandemic subside.The stock exchange remains in the grip of panic selling amid fears over the worldwide spread of COVID-19.

“We’ve seen R4 trillion vanish off the JSE since the beginning of the year. We were 17 trillion and now we have gone below 13 trillion, which is eye watering. It is unprecedented. We do see markets bouncing back and my hope is that post the corona crisis that we see the markets bouncing back. Markets do go up and down, they are driven by panic in many instances and this is a supreme example of panic and fear,” says JSE CEO Dr Leila Fourie.

On top of this, the stronger dollar is adding pressure on the rand, with the dollar trading at $1 to 0.8 to the euro.The rand is at R17.44 to the dollar in Asian midday trading.South Africa’s Consumer Price index rose slightly to 4.6% year-on-year in February compared to with 4. 5% in January. However, with more fuel-price declines expected for April and possibly May, inflation is expected to remain within the Reserve Bank’s targeted mid-point range of 4.5% in the coming months.

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People are acting like we are all going to turn into zombies and that the apocalypse is upon us. Relax. Buy at the bottom and wait for the market to turn. My share and unit trusts are down 30% but I am still buying. This too will pass. If not we are all f*ked.

My local guy on the pic there, cleaning so that the capital of the greedy look clean.

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