South African Investor

The real driver of U.S. markets right now isn’t interest rates. It’s earnings. And especially, AI. Here’s what you need to know – and what to do next. You’ve probably heard: the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) just held interest rates steady for the seventh straight month. That’s despite the South African Reserve Bank moving in the opposite direction with another rate cut. Fed Chair Jerome Powell made it clear that rate cuts in the U.S. aren’t coming anytime soon – especially with ongoing tariff uncertainties from the White House muddying the inflation outlook.