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Podcast: WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
Episode: Naspers Stock Split | UK Yields at Worst Levels this Century
Description: 📌 Key Themes This Week 📊 Naspers share split – AGM approves a 5-for-1 split to make shares more affordable for smaller investors. 💬 Jackson Hole update – Jerome Powell's last appearance as Fed Chair, shifting focus from inflation to jobs. Markets pricing in September & December rate cuts with high certainty. 💸 Trump & the Fed – Trump fires Fed Governor Lisa Cook ❌ and pushes to pack the Fed with rate-cut friendly members. 🇺🇸 Intel stake – Trump administration takes a 10% stake in Intel via the Chips Act, raising questions about "state capitalism." 📉 Dollar weakness – Dollar index slides, Rand strengthens to R17.44, risk-on se...