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Has Capitec missed a trick, or is competitor Abil getting its pricing on deposits wrong – again?

1st September 201427th November 2013

Alexx Zarr takes a close look at the African Bank advertising campaign, takes out his calculator, compares the pricing with Capitec and comes to a conclusion that won’t please shareholders who’ve just kicked in billions more to put Abil back on track. Abil’s CEO Leon Kirkinis stumped up R44m of his own fortune to follow … Read more

No such thing as bad news for share investors in 2013 as global stock markets revel in the liquidity flood

1st September 201426th November 2013

This year has turned out to be an excellent period for many investors who placed bets in stock markets around the globe – even though there’s been so much bad news. Seed Investments’ Ian de Lange looks back over some of the big international headlines of 2013 to remind us that bad news isn’t always … Read more

Sizing up US tech stocks: Close look at investor favourites Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Apple

1st September 201422nd November 2013

Wish you had a chunk of Apple amid all the excitement about new phones and tablets? You will feel better about that gap in your share portfolio after you have read this in-depth piece by RE:CM analyst Johannes Visser on US tech stocks. Johannes explains how one of South Africa’s top asset managers has sized … Read more

Warning: After another cracking year, equity returns will probably disappoint in 2014 – investment fund

1st September 201421st November 2013

The Price:Earnings (PE) ratio is a popular tool for assessing whether a share, or equity market, looks cheap or expensive. Mike Browne of Seed Investments has undertaken some detailed research on the ALSI’s PE ratio and cautions it is likely that returns from Johannesburg-listed stocks will disappoint over the next year. The good news is … Read more

South Africa’s large-cap industrial stocks look scarily pricey, but financials, small caps and resources companies look interesting – investment expert

1st September 201420th November 2013

Barely a day goes by these days without an investment expert pondering whether the only way for the JSE FTSE All Share Index from here is down. Geoff Blount, CEO of Cannon Asset Managers, says his team has almost no exposure to South African large-cap industrial shares because they are incredibly expensive compared to other … Read more

US equity markets are at their peak, but fund managers not – latest index tracker stats, analysis

4th February 201419th November 2013

Index tracker funds are an easy sell if investors are looking for lower cost, higher return options. That is demonstrated once again in the latest figures from the US, which show that 82% of US fund managers fail to beat their index benchmarks. South African global index tracking pioneers Anthony Ginsberg and Lisa Segall illustrate … Read more

Exposed: Many professional analysts, fund managers don’t understand A and B share structures

22nd January 201418th November 2013

If you’ve ever marveled at the number-crunching by stockbroking analysts and fund managers, you can take off your rose-tinted glasses now. South African hedge fund manager Maurice Shapiro can reveal that many don’t even know their As from their Bs when it comes to listed property share structures. Yet, broking analysts are happily churning … Read more