Tuesday, 13 November 2012 - 20:00
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Market Cycles The late Sir John Templeton was quoted as saying, “Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on scepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.”
The chart below reflects a typical market cycle moving from pessimism through to euphoria, before falling back again to pessimism.
Market Sentiment Life Cycle
Source: Fisher Investments
Pessimism, scepticism, optimism, and euphoria are all human emotions which, when applied to given facts, can produce vastly different results. For example a company may produce earnings of say R500 million - in a pessimistic environment investors may be willing to only value the business at 7 times earnings (i.e. R3.5 billion), but in an optimistic and euphoric environment the same investors may be willing to value up to 20 times earnings (i.e. R10 billion).
Over extended periods of time valuations normalise, but through an investment cycle it can, and does, have a huge impact on investor returns.
When markets are pessimistic very few investors perceive of a time when euphoria will once again reign and vice versa. Ideally investors want to be buying in times of pessimism and scepticism and selling when the prevailing mood is euphoric, but this is not an exact science.
Globally while there is still a general prevailing mood of scepticism and very little optimism, there may well be a lot of runway left for the bull market in global equities, which began in pessimism around March 2009. Global market prices firmed 75% to April 2010, but have since traded in a large sideways pattern. For sure there will be a lot more volatility before we reach another euphoric stage.
Some of the indications of the current lack of enthusiasm for global equities are the very high equity risk premium (i.e. yields on shares are trading at a very wide gap compared to the yields on bonds), and net flows which continues to favour bonds over equities.
Given the general lack of optimism for risk assets, there is quite possibly still a long way to go for global markets before we see the top of the next bull market. Fisher Investments make the point that mega cap shares typically take over leadership about mid-way through a bull market and lead by a wide margin for the remaining duration and early into a subsequent bear market.
Kind regards,
Ian de Lange
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Tue, 13 Nov 2012
Top News
Platinum group metals (PGM)
rallied on Tuesday after on a bullish forecast that supply
outages earlier this year could turn the markets into a deficit,
while gold traded flat as investors awaited more clarifications
on Greek aid by the euro zone.
Palladium rose over 4 percent, on track for its b Full story
South African stocks ended lower on Tuesday, led by heavyweights such as Anglo American after the mining giant raised cost estimates for its Minas-Rio project in Brazil and warned of lower profits from its Kumba Iron Ore unit. Full story |
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The leader of Syria's new opposition coalition urged European states on Tuesday to recognise it as the legitimate government, enabling it to buy the weapons it needs to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. Full storyThe top
U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under
investigation for alleged inappropriate communication with a
woman at the center of the scandal involving former CIA Director
David Petraeus, a senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday. Full storyIsrael and the
Palestinians stepped back from the brink of a new war in the
Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sending signals to each other via Egypt
that they would hold their fire unless attacked, after five days
of mounting violence. Full story |
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Markets | European shares rebounded late on
Tuesday as a fresh round of trader speculation that Spain may be
close to asking for a sovereign. . . Full story | | Britain's FTSE 100 share index
closed up on Tuesday, recovering from an earlier
two-month low in late trade on renewed hopes that. . . Full story | | World stocks rose on Tuesday
after U.S. markets turned higher, fueled by strong results from
home improvement retailer Home Depot, while the euro. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday in
a sharp turnaround from earlier losses, led by gains in retail
stocks after strong results from Home. . . Full story |
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| European shares rebounded late on
Tuesday in tandem with gains on Wall Street as a fresh round of
trader speculation that Spain may. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as
strong results from Home Depot helped markets rebound
from recent weakness generated by fears about the year-end
"fiscal. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks pared initial
declines and the Dow briefly turned positive on Tuesday, led by
gains in Home Depot after the home improvement. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks dipped at the open
on Tuesday, hobbled by "fiscal cliff" concerns as an upcoming
debate in Congress over solving the nation's. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South African police arrested 37 workers for public violence on Tuesday after firing rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters. . . Full story | | Miner Anglo American gave the market a taste of the trouble ahead for its new chief executive, raising cost estimates for. . . Full story | | Supply outages in South Africa are set to push the platinum market into deficit this year as shipments from the world's. . . Full story | | South Africa-focused miner Petra Diamonds said production increased 70 percent in its first quarter, largely due to the inclusion of output. . . Full story |
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| Rising costs and shrinking demand
will force consolidation in the ferrochrome industry over the
next two years as companies compete in a market. . . Full story | | South African cement maker PPC could spend about $300 million on funding more acquisitions in Africa, its outgoing chief executive said. . . Full story | | Ferrochrome prices may start to
rebound in the second quarter of next year as production cuts
take effect and cost pressures keep supply. . . Full story | | Participants in an annual
gathering of the London Bullion Metal Association on Tuesday
expected gold to reach $1,843 an ounce by the time. . . Full story |
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| Rand Refinery is building a facility in Singapore to analyse the quality of gold, as it looks to boost its supplies of scrap from Southeast Asia, the chief executive of the. . . Full story | | Kumba Iron Ore warned on Tuesday that its full-year earnings will likely fall at least 20 percent, hit by a wildcat strike at its Sishen mine in South Africa and lower. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand dipped against the dollar on Tuesday as concerns about the U.S. debt mountain and uncertainty over a bailout for Greece heightened risk aversion.. . . Full story |
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Company News | At the ninth annual general meeting of participatory interest holders held on 13 November 2012, all the ordinary resolutions and the. . . Full story | | The board accepted the resignation of Ms N L Shirilele from the board with effect from 13 November 2012 due to. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that the cautionary announcement relating to the Disposal is hereby withdrawn.
Further cautionary announcement
Shareholders were advised that the. . . Full story | | Kumbas results for the twelve months ending 31 December 2012 ("the period") will be released on SENS on or about 12. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders were advised that Morvest, through its wholly owned subsidiary SUHL (the Seller) and subject to the conditions precedent set out. . . Full story | | Business Day reported that Mix Telematics has added more than 40 000 new customers during the six months ended September, double. . . Full story | | As a courtesy, PPC informed its stakeholders that there will be a webcast of its 2012 annual results presentation at 10h00. . . Full story | | In its half-year financial report in July 2012, Anglo reported that, subject to resolving the existing licensing challenges facing the Minas-Rio. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue increased by 37% to R3.5 billion (R2.6 billion). Operating income was up 21% to R314.7 million (R260.9 million). Net attributable. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R564.3 million (September 2011: R469 million), gross profit also improved to R353.4 million (September 2011: R286.2 million). Operating. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R7.4 billion (R6 billion).Operating profit rose to R1.3 billion (R1 billion). Net attributable profit grew to R655 million. . . Full story | | Revenue rose by 13% to R8.2 billion (R7.2 billion). Operating profit was down 29% to R477.1 million (R674.9 million). Net attributable. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 37394.80 | -68.00 | -0.18% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 33178.50 | -65.00 | -0.20% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2417.18 | -36.00 | -1.50% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27662.07 | 19.00 | 0.07% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 44908.20 | 141.00 | 0.32% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 38708.23 | 174.00 | 0.45% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 49014.43 | -591.00 | -1.19% | DJ Futures | 19:32 | 12820.00 | 41.00 | 0.32% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 12844.43 | 29.35 | 0.23% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1383.44 | 3.41 | 0.25% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 2899.09 | -5.17 | -0.18% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5786.25 | 18.98 | 0.33% | DAX | 19:10 | 7169.12 | .36 | 0.01% | CAC40 | 19:10 | 3430.60 | 18.95 | 0.56% | Nikkei | 08:08 | 8661.05 | -15.39 | -0.18% | Shanghai | 09:30 | 2047.89 | -31.39 | -1.51% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 21188.65 | -241.65 | -1.13% | All Ords | 07:44 | 4404.20 | -65.70 | -1.47% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 3970.55 | -13.44 | -0.34% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1726.79 | -1.46 | -0.08% | Gold R | 19:58 | 15155.81 | 47.79 | 0.32% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 487207 | -561 | -0.12% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 32.5170 | .1370 | 0.42% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1582.00 | 23.50 | 1.51% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 631.90 | 25.70 | 4.24% | R157 | 18:02 | 5.49 | .02 | 0.37% | R204 | 16:38 | 6.19 | .05 | 0.73% | R207 | 17:42 | 6.49 | .01 | 0.15% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 107.59 | -1.29 | -1.18% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.7719 | 0.0301 | 0.34% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.9013 | 0.0539 | 0.39% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 11.1538 | 0.0458 | 0.41% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 7.1891 | 0.0395 | 0.55% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.1567 | 0.0387 | 0.42% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 79.4100 | -0.1330 | -0.17% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7865 | -0.0002 | -0.03% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.2709 | 0.0003 | 0.02% | Pound / Dollar | 19:45 | 0.6295 | -0.0001 | -0.02% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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13/11/2012 | 141 | 201 | 66 | 408 | 197,642,738 | R12,313,946,637 | 125833 | 1459467 | 12/11/2012 | 190 | 168 | 62 | 420 | 176,513,452 | R9,640,520,803 | 116699 | 1055692 | 09/11/2012 | 169 | 183 | 63 | 415 | 193,454,546 | R11,801,309,238 | 118807 | 1561000 | 08/11/2012 | 184 | 159 | 76 | 419 | 195,779,601 | R12,222,940,645 | 122751 | 306755 | 07/11/2012 | 178 | 153 | 83 | 414 | 214,791,453 | R12,838,609,984 | 128228 | 1300488 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 33,178.00 | -65.00 | -0.20% | Industrial | 44,908.00 | 141.00 | 0.32% | Mid Cap | 52,266.00 | -42.00 | -0.08% | Small Cap | 38,470.00 | -75.00 | -0.20% | Resource 20 | 49,014.00 | -591.00 | -1.19% | Industrial 25 | 38,708.00 | 174.00 | 0.45% | Financial 15 | 10,290.00 | .00 | 0.01% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 41,846.00 | 147.00 | 0.35% | All Share | 37,394.00 | -68.00 | -0.18% | Oil & Gas | 27,696.00 | -37.00 | -0.13% | Mining | 31,494.00 | -432.00 | -1.35% | Gold Mining | 2,417.00 | -36.00 | -1.50% | Platinum Mining | 49.00 | 1.00 | 2.75% | GENERAL MINING | 8,185.00 | -132.00 | -1.59% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,892.00 | -19.00 | -0.13% | Basic Materials | 26,999.00 | -387.00 | -1.41% | Chemicals | 15,517.00 | -173.00 | -1.10% | Forestry & Paper | 16,293.00 | -318.00 | -1.92% | Industrial Metals | 26,425.00 | -646.00 | -2.39% | Industrials | 35,517.00 | -58.00 | -0.16% | General Industrials | 102.00 | 1.00 | 1.12% | Consumer Goods | 38,912.00 | 182.00 | 0.47% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,926.00 | -9.00 | -0.13% | Household Goods | 192.00 | -1 | -0.73% | Health Care | 52,995.00 | 410.00 | 0.78% | Beverages | 128.00 | 2.00 | 1.76% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 65,672.00 | 318.00 | 0.49% | Personal Goods | 609.00 | .00 | 0.04% | Consumer Services | 81,971.00 | 204.00 | 0.25% | General Retailers | 68,325.00 | 433.00 | 0.64% | Travel & Leisure | 4,640.00 | -23.00 | -0.50% | Media | 120.00 | .00 | 0.70% | Support Services | 2,367.00 | -26.00 | -1.11% | Telecommunications | 81,827.00 | 901.00 | 1.11% | Financials | 27,662.00 | 19.00 | 0.07% | Banks | 49,499.00 | -254.00 | -0.51% | Non-life Insurance | 45,914.00 | -663.00 | -1.42% | Life Insurance | 23,686.00 | 214.00 | 0.92% | General Financial | 2,513.00 | -12.00 | -0.49% | Technology | 33,515.00 | -130.00 | -0.39% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,267.00 | -20 | -0.63% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,369.00 | -21 | -0.63% | COAL MINING | 21,309.00 | -1005 | -4.51% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,662.00 | 6 | 0.11% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,067.00 | 56 | 5.54% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 475.00 | | 0.84% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 387.00 | | 0.62% | RESOURCE | 27,031.00 | -321 | -1.18% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 204.00 | 0 | 0.18% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,561.00 | -22 | -0.29% | Capped Top 40 | 17,510.00 | -34 | -0.20% | Capped All Share | 18,917.00 | -33 | -0.18% | JSE TABACO | 5,727.00 | 8 | 0.16% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | CML | CORONATION FUND MANAGERS ... | BUY | 09/11/2012 | TRU | TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL L... | SELL | 08/11/2012 | MDC | MEDICLINIC INTERNATIONAL | HOLD | 08/11/2012 | SHP | SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LIMITED | SELL | 07/11/2012 | PIK | PICK N PAY STORES LIMITED | HOLD | 06/11/2012 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 14/11/2012 | DIPULA A | August 2012 (Final) | 14/11/2012 | DIPULA B | August 2012 (Final) | 14/11/2012 | EASTPLATS | September 2012 (Q) | 14/11/2012 | MRPRICE | September 2012 (Interim) | 14/11/2012 | MRPROB | September 2012 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | INVICTA | 12/11/2012 | 30/11/2012 | 10/12/2012 | R 0.8900 | LEWIS | 12/11/2012 | 11/01/2013 | 21/01/2013 | R 2.1200 | ASTRAL | 12/11/2012 | 11/01/2013 | 21/01/2013 | R 3.3600 | MIXTEL | 12/11/2012 | 30/11/2012 | 10/12/2012 | R 0.0400 | VODACOM | 12/11/2012 | 23/11/2012 | 03/12/2012 | R 3.5500 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | REMGRO | 20/09/2012 | 09/11/2012 | 19/11/2012 | R 1.8800 | OCTODEC | 22/10/2012 | 09/11/2012 | 19/11/2012 | R 0.6610 | PREMIUM | 22/10/2012 | 09/11/2012 | 19/11/2012 | R 0.6000 | REBOSIS | 25/10/2012 | 09/11/2012 | 19/11/2012 | R 0.4250 | PINNACLE | 06/09/2012 | 09/11/2012 | 19/11/2012 | R 0.3500 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | EMI | Emira Property Fund | 13/11/2012 | Confirmed | EQSB | Eqstra Holdings Ltd. | 13/11/2012 | Confirmed | EQSA | Eqstra Holdings Ltd. | 13/11/2012 | Confirmed | EQS | Eqstra Holdings Ltd. | 13/11/2012 | Confirmed | GRT | Growthpoint Properties Ltd. | 13/11/2012 | Confirmed |
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