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Podcast: The predictions show

Web Admin 22 January 2015WorldWide Markets

We’re back! After a six month sabbatical JSEDirect is back and running from JustOneLap coming to you every Thursday. We’re making some changes that we’ll detail in the weeks ahead. This week’s show is our annual predictions show with Marc Ashton, GM at Moneyweb, Keith McLachlan, Small/Midcap fund manager at Alpha Wealth and Simon Brown ...

Infographic: Top40 2014 individual stock returns

Web Admin 13 January 2015Infographic

The 40 stocks making up the Top40 index, their percentage return, dividend yield, market cap and PE (all data at year end). Click on the image for full size. The anatomy of a financial crisis, 1987 to date | What happened, what changed and what we learntThe anatomy of a financial crisis, 1987 to date ...

Infographic: Petrol price

Web Admin 3 December 2014Infographic

Up here in Jozi petrol is dropping 69c a litre, nice but still more than double what it was back in December 2008. Below is the price over the last 7 years sourced from the AA of SA. Click on image for full size. The anatomy of a financial crisis, 1987 to date | What ...

Video: Portfolio diversification

Web Admin 26 November 2014Learn Investing, Webinar and Video

Portfolio diversification is more than just buying a bank and a miner; we need to not only diversify across sectors, but also geographies (currencies) and asset classes. This video looks at the benefits but also the why as well as the how including the following asset classes; Equity Debt Property Cash View the learn investing ...

Book review: Trend Following by Michael Covel

Web Admin 21 November 2014Reviews

Trend Following by Michael Covel Trend Following by Michael Covel Michael has a great podcast that you can find here; and while it is a must listen, his book is way more important in my mind. First published in 2004, it solidified my trading style for me (which ultimately become my Lazy Trading System and ...

Video: Trends that will matter in 2015

Web Admin 13 November 2014Learn Investing, Power Hour, Webinar and Video

Having presented the concluding Power Hour event of 2013 with his ten trends for 2014 Just One Lap founder Simon Brown will again present the final Power Hour of the year and will look forward to the ten trends for 2015. Simon got 4 out 7 right in 2014 and his 2015 predictions are around; ...

Infographic: Telco wars

Web Admin 12 November 2014Infographic

The anatomy of a financial crisis, 1987 to date | What happened, what changed and what we learntThe anatomy of a financial crisis, 1987 to date | What happened, what changed and what we learnt4 June 2025Tax residency in South AfricaTax residency in South Africa3 June 2025RSA Retail Savings Bonds rates (updated June 2025)RSA Retail ...

Review charting software: Amibroker

Web Admin 7 November 2014Reviews

If you are trading you need charting software, as trading is all about price and nothing to do with fundamentals. Most online brokers offer free online charting software that is actually very good. My advice is to use this free package until you really start finding its limitations; and frankly there is only really one ...

Video: When to sell long-term investments?

Web Admin 6 November 2014Learn Investing, Webinar and Video

Long-term investing is not only about finding the winning companies but also about holding them for long enough to ensure one makes serious profits. In a recent video on finding ten bagger stocks Keith McLachlan comments that a large part of getting a ten bagger is holding on for long enough to enable it to ...

Infographic: Solving the government’s revenue short fall

Web Admin 5 November 2014Infographic

The South African government needs money; that was the blunt message from the recent Medium Term Budget Policy Statements delivered Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. The easiest ways to get that money is to raise taxes, but rumours are circulating that they may sell some assets, JSE listed assets. The obvious one is VOD, worth some ...