Top40 Q1 2016 bubble graphic

Simon Brown 3 April 2016Infographic, Latest

Top40 Q1 2016 bubble graphic Every quarter we publish our bubble graphic showing the Top40 individual stock returns for that period. We also include; Dividend yield (x axis) PE ratio (after share code) Market cap (bubble size) Return for the period (y axis) We also include the four main indices; Top40 Resi10 Fini15 Indi25 Click on ...

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Top 40 stock returns for 2015

Web Admin 4 January 2016Infographic

Top 40 stock returns in 2015 2015 has been a mixed year for JSE Top 40 stock returns.  The Top 40 index went up almost 5% before dividends while the Indi25 lead the way and the Resi10 crumbled. The picture would have been worse if a couple of commodity stocks hadn’t left the Top 40 ...

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Do you remember Black Monday?

Web Admin 20 October 2015Infographic, Latest

Do you remember Black Monday? Or as I called it at the time, “Overcast Monday”? It was 24 August 2015. Almost everybody was in a panic back then. At the time I posted a column here that said we shouldn’t worry. (Check the link for the most important chart for any long-term investor). My point ...

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Infographic: YTD Top40 stock returns (Sep15)

Web Admin 1 October 2015Infographic

Infographic: Best investment chart

Web Admin 25 August 2015Infographic

The best investment chart for the Top 40 The market can be a very scary place. Odds are you've seen some volatility since you made your first investment. Below we've inserted a chart that might allay your investment fears. This is the best investment chart we've seen in ages. Each data point on this chart ...

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Infographic: How bad for resource share investments?

Web Admin 12 August 2015Infographic

Resource share investments have been under extreme pressure lately as they trade back at post crisis levels from 2009. Below is the chart that shows the four sub major indices (Indi25, Resi10, Fini15 and MidCap) performance relative to each other since they peaked in the bottom of the crisis in March 2009. The clear winner ...

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Infographic: Petrol price still high

Web Admin 5 August 2015Infographic

When the petrol price drops, we’re all celebrating, but it is still more than doubled over the last six years. While fluctuations in the petrol price can have an impact on the cost of living, the price tends to go up over time. To protect your money against petrol price hikes, you have to start ...

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Infographic: How high will a stock go?

Web Admin 29 July 2015Infographic

One of the most popular questions is how high can a stock, index, currency, commodity or whatever go? The other question is how low can it go? Well, the answer is simple. Make sure you’re on the right side of the move and don’t expect it to reverse just because it seems to have gone ...

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Infographic: Starbucks is coming

Web Admin 22 July 2015Infographic

JSE listed Taste Holdings announced they have secured the master licence for Starbucks, the global coffee brand. This comes hot on the heels of them securing the master licence for Dominos Pizza last year. Below we have an infographic looking at Starbucks. A company like Starbucks operates on a global scale, and the numbers are ...

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Infographic: CoreShares Top50 weighting

Web Admin 15 July 2015Infographic

As an investor in South Africa the Top 40 has been a mainstay of our lives since forever. The First Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) to be issued was issued over the index (Satrix40 in November 2000) and we now have three other Top 40 ETFs on the index (STAN40 from Stanlib and the RMBT40 from RMB). ...

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