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The Power Of A Good Reference
Recent research suggests that reference letters can help solve unemployment – and close the gender gap
4 min |
22 October 2020
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Why Bigger Isn't Always Better
Discipline and transaction sizes are important when learning the tricks of share trading.
3 min |
22 October 2020
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Uncertain Markets And Your Pension Money
With lacklustre local stock returns, questions about the creditworthiness of government debt and record-high offshore markets, those close to retirement may be left with daunting choices. Amanda Visser spoke to retirement specialists about the options.
6 min |
22 October 2020
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Wells Fargo's Governance Overhang Makes It Cheap
The US bank that got it wrong back in the day is now trading at cheap multiples. And analysts may still be too pessimistic on its turnaround plan
4 min |
22 October 2020
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Why It Pays To Scrutinise Conspiracy Theories
Believing the buzz around the unproven health risks of 5G could cause an opportunity to slip through your fingers.
3 min |
22 October 2020
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Building A Comprehensive Risk Portfolio
As you should diversify your investments, ensure you have sufficient and wide-range risk management in place too.
5 min |
22 October 2020
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Simon's Stock Tips
Founder and director of investment website JustOneLap.com, Simon Brown, is finweek’s resident expert on the stock markets. In this column he provides insight into recent market developments.
7 min |
22 October 2020
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Filling The African Medical Supplies Gap
McPherson Trading uses tender-based procurement consulting to fill the medical consumables and disposable supplies gap in difficult-to-reach regions in Africa.
4 min |
22 October 2020
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How The State Shot Itself In The Foot
Rushing universal health coverage through the legislature threatens SA’s already teetering healthcare sector.
10+ min |
22 October 2020
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The Opportunity Cost Of Buying Your First Property
It is true that for most people, rent is one of the biggest monthly expenses. Should that money rather be used to purchase property instead of ‘paying someone else’s bond’?
4 min |
8 October 2020
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“THE BILL BRINGS CERTAINTY TO SOUTH AFRICANS AND INVESTORS BECAUSE IT CLEARLY OUTLINES HOW EXPROPRIATION CAN BE DONE.”
— Minister of public works and infrastructure, Patricia de Lille, announced the submission of the Expropriation Bill, 2020 to parliament.
5 min |
22 October 2020
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Moral Precepts For Fund Management And The Property Sector
Breaking out of old-order prescripts for pension funds is imperative if we want to change its real-asset landscape.
3 min |
8 October 2020
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Household Resilience Is Tied To The House - 2
The key success of the national housing programme is undermined by the title deeds backlog.
4 min |
8 October 2020
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Household Resilience Is Tied To The House
The key success of the national housing programme is undermined by the title deeds backlog.
4 min |
8 October 2020
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How To Spot A Financial Bubble
Rapid increases in asset prices are driven by universal factors.
4 min |
8 October 2020
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For Now, Betting On Market Risk Has Paid Off
The question now is how the Fed’s new stance on inflation will affect investors.
3 min |
8 October 2020
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The asset class close to our hearts
Property conjures up many meanings. For many, it’s their most valuable asset.
3 min |
8 October 2020
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AGRIBUSINESSES' CHANGING PLAYING FIELD
The local agricultural sector’s exceptional performance since the beginning of the year has players in the industry rearranging themselves.
9 min |
8 October 2020
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The end of an era creeping closer
The exodus of mining corporations from Johannesburg’s central business district is almost complete.
3 min |
8 October 2020
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What to do when cash returns disappear?
As monetary authorities keep interest rates lower for longer, income-based investors are losing out.
3 min |
8 October 2020
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A potent cure for xenophobia
South Africa’s decade-long economic slump is stirring anti-immigrant sentiment.
4 min |
8 October 2020
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Quality Bargains Up For Grabs
The lockdown has given investors the opportunity to buy some great companies at great prices, writes Simon Brown.
3 min |
24 September 2020
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Prediction Risk And Management
Do we know what will happen in the future? And if we did know, would it change our investment behaviour?
3 min |
24 September 2020
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Back To The Future: Electrifying Ride
Jaguar’s electric SUV, the I-Pace, heralds in the future of luxury and impossibly fast EVs.
6 min |
24 September 2020
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Getting Fed-Up With An Unruly Neighbour
The economic hardships in Zimbabwe are stoking domestic problems. Zanu-PF might have crossed a line with Pretoria.
5 min |
24 September 2020
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Post-Covid Financial Spring-Cleaning
Many South Africans’ financial affairs are under far more strain than a year ago. Experts provide some tips on how to manage those big expenses in the wake of the lockdown’s severe impact on household incomes.
10 min |
24 September 2020
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Can SA Survive The Callous Curse Of Curruption?
A growing body of research warns that South Africa is on the verge of becoming dysfunctional, but there are glimmers of hope as the government finally starts shifting into a higher gear.
6 min |
24 September 2020
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WHERE ASSET MANAGERS ARE SEEKING RETURNS
Offshore investments and money markets have been flooded as SA’s economic malaise continues. Looking for higher returns leaves fund managers between Scylla and Charybdis – is the risk worth the uncertain returns, or should capital be parked at low yields for now? Brendan Peacock looks at how SA’s investment gurus are approaching the Covid-19 fallout.
10+ min |
24 September 2020
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Sprouts of recovery
Company analysts expect the FTSE/JSE All Share Index to gain substantially over the next year at current valuations. It’s time to start looking for the blossoms, albeit cautiously.
3 min |
24 September 2020
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Game repositions for the win
The Massmart subsidiary’s vice president, Andrew Stein, explains the turnaround strategy for this decades-old brand.
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