31/10/2025
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PICK, BOTTLE, STONE, AIR, TRILLION, SLEEP, IMAGINATION
USD/ZAR: 17.30 🔽
EUR/ZAR: 20.03 🔽
AUD/ZAR: 11.34 🔼
GBP/ZAR: 22.78 🔽
Brent Crude: USD 64.52 / ZAR 1,094.15 per barrel 🔽
Gold (Au): USD 3,979.78 / ZAR 68,194.77 per troy ounce 🔼
BTC: USD 108,054.87 / ZAR 1,953,419.00 🔽
US markets ended MIXED Thursday. Tech and communication stocks dragged major U.S. INDICES, while financials and real estate lifted the DOW. Meta fell on a large TAX charge and rising AI costs; Microsoft declined after its OpenAI investment dented EARNINGS. Capital is rotating from the “Magnificent 9” into value-driven “PICK and shovel” names—companies powering innovation behind the SCENES. Financials, real estate, and healthcare OUTPERFORMED, with Alphabet and Eli Lilly gaining on strong RESULTS. Mzansi’s index SLIPPED slightly but remains up nearly 1% for the month and over 28% year-on-year, reflecting resilient local MOMENTUM. The Trump–Xi meeting concluded without SURPRISES, leaving markets focused on EARNINGS and sector SHIFTS.
Message in a BOTTLE.
https://newsgpt.ai/2025/10/29/wwi-australian-soldiers-bottle-messages-resurface-after-century-2/?utm_source=brevo&utm_campaign=Daily%20Email%20-%2029%20October%202025&utm_medium=email
Medieval STONE.
https://newsgpt.ai/2025/10/30/perfectly-preserved-medieval-reading-stone-found-at-oxford/
Delhi’s TOXIC air experiment FAILURE.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglgn83g9xro
Nvidia – the worlds first USD 5 trillion company.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8e970vn5vo
INTEREST: Cats SLEEP an average of 16 hours a day.
HAPPINESS is not an ideal of reason, but of IMAGINATION." — Immanuel Kant
Have a good weekend.
The US chip-maker has rapidly climbed from a niche graphics-chip manufacturer to an AI titan.