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How did your favourite Top 100 company’s shares rank in 2014?
Professional money managers will tell you they invest most of their time analysing the 60 biggest companies whose shares are listed on the JSE
By Alec Hogg
Professional money managers will tell you they invest most of their time analysing the 60 biggest companies whose shares are listed on the JSE. These are the only counters with sufficient substance to give pros a reasonable chance of trading in and out without adversely moving the price. At Biznews, we decided to focus more attention on the bigger stocks, expanding the universe by a further 40 so we now have the JSE's Top 100, which pretty much covers the tradeable "market" of stocks. They need a market cap of around $1bn to make the list.
During December, we published a table of the JSE Top 100 Company CEOs – providing their ages and period in the hot seat. Yesterday afternoon saw the unveiling of another new Top 100 table, this time comparing their share price performances during 2014. The table is interactive, and easy to play with. But whichever way you want to rank them, there's no denying how 2014 belonged to Telkom whose share price rose 150% – almost double the increase of the next best performer, Neal Froneman-managed Sibanye Gold. Hope you'll go have a look to see where your favourite shares ranked.
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