Finance

ALSI closed flat on Friday, but Net1 UEPS was up 11% - the company has been in the news for both good and bad recently...

Anthea says no to wealth tax; instead, let’s offer tax incentives to the world’s wealthy to attract them to SA...

Market was stronger on Friday up 87 basis points, but Pick ’n Pay put out a trading statement that disappointed the market and saw the share fall 8%...

Anthea returns from Ethiopia, where GDP growth is currently at 10.3%, but on the ground it’s an impoverished state. The MPC left rates unchanged last week but did the Fed miss a trick a couple of weeks ago?

On this edition of The Money Shot Sarah Shaw discusses Koos Bekker’s $1.5 billion payout, and how he took Naspers market cap from R5.6 billion to R700 billion in less than 20 years...

Martin Smith provides an update on volatile markets, previews the Fed’s meeting and its implications for South Africa...

Anthea recommends we swop out our PSG shares for Capitec shares after they released an earnings guidance...

The VIX (Volatility Index), which normally trades at 20, reached the 40 level last week, is there a change in sentiment in the markets?

Markets under pressure as China data points disappoint, the All Share down >4% last week, but year to date the index is only down 1%...

It’s worrying that the official Chinese GDP is 6.3% – but is that the real number? Not to mention that SA has increased its foreign reserve levels in the Yuan. The local economy seems to be faltering as we look for sectors to invest, and even banking ROEs are disappointing, as Standard Bank released results […]