PODCAST Why Is The Rand Under-performing Against Its Peers? Absa | Corporate and Investment Banking > Insights and Events > Why Is The Rand Under-performing Against Its Peers? SHARE FX Series | Episode 22 The rand has weakened sharply in recent months. Is the South African currency trading at appropriate levels, or is it undervalued? Find out in this episode of Coffee Break Commerce. Absa Corporate Investment Bank · Why Is The Rand Under-performing Against Its Peers? Featured guest Mike Keenan Head of Fixed Income and Currency ResearchAbsa Group Related Podcasts Episode 29 Mike Keenan Head of Fixed Income and Currency Research Absa Group FX Series Interest rates: cuts, consequences and currency reactions After an interest rate cut in South Africa and a jumbo rate cut in the United States, what’s next for currencies like the rand? Find out in this episode of Coffee Break Commerce. Episode 28 Mike Keenan Head of Fixed Income and Currency Research Absa Group FX Series Doctor Copper’s Foreign Exchange Prognosis The copper price is one of the best predictors of global economic and foreign exchange (forex, or FX) trends. In this episode of Coffee Break Commerce we explain why rand investors should pay closer attention to Doctor Copper. Episode 27 Mike Keenan Head of Fixed Income and Currency Research Absa Group FX Series Rands, Dollars, and Hamburgers What is the Big Mac Index, and what is it telling us about the value of the rand? We take a bite out of this foreign exchange (forex, or FX) yardstick in the latest episode of Coffee Break Commerce.