It’s been a terribly tragic year or so for the aviation industry. Numerous air accidents have left travelers uneasy, now even more so with the latest crash of a Germanwings plane. Read up on the final minutes before the plane crashed into the side of a mountain in France.
Monopoly may have inspired you to build a portfolio of property investments, but it is also good for learning general lessons about business and investing in other areas. That’s according to young CEO Daniela Baker, who shares with us here on Biznews.com her views on the lessons you can learn from winning and losing on … Read more
In an era in which everything imaginable has been invented, it seems, and there are more services and goods available than customers, it’s challenging to come up with a business idea that will work better than the rest. Venture capitalist Henry Davis won’t help you find that idea, but he does have great advice on … Read more
I’m a fan of independently-minded First Avenue, investment managers who revealed why the unsecured lending bubble is unsustainable. Now they’ve exposed smoke and mirrors inflating the MTN and Vodacom bottom line. Here’s the executive summary of Nadim Mohamed’s report with a link to the full version. – AH Executive summary of SA Mobile Telecoms – … Read more
In the 1980s I spent many hours inputting the individual holdings of unit trusts. Knowing what professionals are buying is invaluable info for small investors. This piece from SA’s hottest asset manager, Allan Gray, explains its thinking on the Top 10 holdings which between them account of 57% of AG’s total share investment.
Had tea with Dr Rob Smorfitt this morning. Wonderful mind, intellectually honest and a natural business disruptor. He’s a serial entrepreneur turned academic who focuses on Small and Medium Enterprises. Rob believes in telling the truth as this brutally honest blog about a recent SME conference attests.