Domestic outlook improves, but global threats loom large

With gold above $5000, Krishan Gopaul, market strategist at the World Gold Council, explains what’s driving record demand, renewed ETF inflows, cautious central banks and why investor momentum remains a powerful force.

Schalk Louw from PSG Old Oak weighs in on the Woolies update and why commodities are starting to trade like meme stocks – with copper, silver, gold, PGMs and aluminium all running hard. Krishan GoPaul of the World Gold Council unpacks the 2025 gold report, as record highs stack up…

James Bennett, from Anchor, on why it’s sometimes prudent to admit uncertainty – particularly when weighing up whether AI enthusiasm is innovation or a bubble.

Lonwabo Maqubela of Perpetua Investment Managers unpacks the rally in PGMs since mid-2025 and asks whether fundamentals are finally driving prices higher. James Bennett, global equity analyst at Anchor, on why it’s sometimes prudent to admit uncertainty – particularly when weighing up whether AI enthusiasm is innovation or a bubble…

‘We're still trying to negotiate that deal with Trump and along the way we keep doing things to antagonise the Americans ... so in this kind of world we’re going to have to box clever’ – Izak Odendaal, Old Mutual.