🔒 S&P 500: Top 5 giants drive unprecedented volatility in top 50 companies
As America’s five largest companies dominate the S&P 500, the remaining top 50 experience a decade-high volatility.
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🔒 Political uncertainty over South Africa’s 2024 election raises investor caution
As South Africa gears up for its most competitive election since 1994, global investors are closely monitoring the potential impact on the country’s stocks in 2024.
S&P 500’s fate hangs on a make-or-break moment
The S&P 500 Index faces a pivotal moment. After breaking its year-long uptrend, chart analysts warn of potential pain ahead.
🔒 SA stock market to shrink as firms grapple with rising costs
The South African stock market is likely to continue shrinking as the nation becomes more and more unattractive for raising capital.
The insanity of the stock market
If you take the view that so many of the greats have expressed; that the stock market is a place of madness, this article will help simplify your decision-making.
Cape Town Stock Exchange will unleash SME growth sector – Eugene Booysen
Alternative stock exchange 4AX is rebranding to become the Cape Town Stock Exchange – focusing mainly on SMEs and small-cap stocks.
Stockex competition here: FSB rejects JSE objection, confirms ZARX licence.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has for decades enjoyed a monopoly. No matter how sensible the idea seemed internally, its attempt to block a newly licensed competitor ZARX was wrong.
Chinese propaganda blames shorts, foreigners for $3.2bn market rout
China switched on its propaganda machine to explain the Shanghai Stock Market Crash that wiped off the equivalent of 8 times SA’s GDP from Chinese shares.
Demystifying the FSB’s position on OTC markets
The over the counter (OTC) trading environment has had an uncertain time of things lately. With the Financial Services Board (FSB) leaving the trading platforms, that mostly cater to BEE shares, in the proverbial lurch. The FSB is looking to have the status of the OTC platform changed to that of an exchange, which would … Read more
With the FSB clampdown on unregistered exchanges, what will happen to MTN Zakhele shareholders?
The unfolding story around the unregistered, over-the-counter share exchanges that are being used to trade shares in broad-based black economic empowerment schemes like MTN’s Zakhele is fascinating and instructive. When Zakhele was conceived, shareholders were promised that after a certain period, they would be permitted to trade their Zakhele shares with other black persons – … Read more