We looked at 10 lessons that investment strategist James Montier put out in a paper issued by US fund managers, GMO. I mentioned that I would spend a bit more time on some of the lessons that he highlighted.
His lesson number 4... Read more
Local markets
By noon on Tuesday, the JSE All Share had slipped 0.87% as investors took profits after the bourse?s recent rally. Losses were heaviest in the basic materials sector.
The rand was selling at R7.42 for a US dollar at midday, following... Read more
IF u hold shares in MTX and bought between 320-410c u could wait and sit this period out, or if waiting to enter do so mid next week Wed 1pm, when it...
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MTN, Africa's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, aims to add 20 million new users in 2010 after 2009 earnings were depressed by currency movements despite strong growth in key markets Nigeria and Iran.
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South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar early on Thursday and was seen rangebound, while stock futures pointed to a weaker start on the bourse.
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Oil fell below $82 on
Thursday from an eight-week high a day ago on expectations that
OPEC will pump above quotas in the second quarter and as
Chinese economic data rekindled concern of tighter monetary
policy.
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Oil fell below $82 on
Thursday from an eight-week high a day ago on expectations that
OPEC will pump above quotas in the second quarter and as
Chinese economic data rekindled concern of tighter monetary
policy.
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Local markets
On Wednesday at noon, the gold mining and basic materials sectors were leading the JSE All Share into the black. The local bourse had edged up 0.57% at the time, despite a small dip in oil and gas shares.
The rand was trading within a... Read more
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Myanmar's military government has allowed the party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to reopen regional branch offices that have been closed since May 2003, a party spokesman said on Thursday.
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Concern around the rapid deterioration of the finances of the US, UK and Japan has been temporarily overtaken by sovereign crises in Dubai and now the weaker Eurozone members, the “Piigs” – Portugal,... Read more
As an investor, when you hear that ‘commodities are running’ and ‘property is booming’, do you rush to buy shares? Or do you worry that you’ll ‘miss out’ on the commodities run or the retail... Read more