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Podcast: Superforecasting and venture capital investing

Simon Brown 4 February 2016Latest, WorldWide Markets

Simon Shares Where's the party? Review: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner Great Davos 2016 report back presentation with Nicky Newton-King (JSE CEO) and Bronwyn Nielsen (CNBC Africa). Next week Thursday we have another JSE Power Hour on Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA). Our new Exchange Traded ...

Steering clear of emotional trading

Petri Redelinghuys 2 February 2016Latest, TraderPetri

I’ve been sitting in isolation and just trading for the last two days and man I tell you, there is some wild stuff going on out there! Everyone seems to be watching something or freaking out about nukes? (That’s got to be the weirdest one I’ve noticed.) Or China’s debt / ‘unknown crisis’ or some ...

Podcast: How to invest in this market

Simon Brown 28 January 2016Latest, WorldWide Markets

Simon Shares I am buying Metrofile (JSE code: MFL). Good solid business that has solid earnings and currently on a dividend yield of just over 4%. Why is low oil causing such concerns on global markets? One would think it is good for consumers and hence good for economies? Davos 2016 report back presentation with ...

A budget that will work

Donna Willan 26 January 2016Latest, Money cents

I spent a productive morning sitting at a lovely café trying to work out my household budget for the year. It’s going to be a tough year financially (but hopefully a good year emotionally) and there are so many factors to balance. Firstly, we need to assume an interest rate hike, food prices going up ...

Podcast: How much money offshore?

Simon Brown 21 January 2016Latest, WorldWide Markets

Simon Shares AB Inbev (JSE code: ANB) has arrived on the JSE as the largest stock by a mile. But I am not excited nor am I buying. The market is looking just weak, but this does not smell like 2008. How many people saying that actually were in the markets in 2008? That said ...

Let go of past trading results

Petri Redelinghuys 19 January 2016Latest, TraderPetri

Every once in a while we are afforded the opportunity to start again. A chance to let go of all the things that hold us back, and to pursue a destiny of our choosing. A new year has begun and with it comes new opportunities. You may be of the view that the market will ...

Podcast: The 2016 market predictions show

Web Admin 14 January 2016Latest, WorldWide Markets

The 2016 market predictions show We’re back! It’s 2016. Wowzer! This week is our 2016 market predictions show with Marc Ashton, GM at Moneyweb, Keith McLachlan, Small/Midcap fund manager at Alpha Wealth and Just One Lap founder Simon Brown. We did our first predictions show in January 2014 and and the second a year later ...

Happy New Year! Financial goals

Donna Willan 12 January 2016Latest, Money cents

Happy new year, and happy financial planning. It’s that time of year when we make lots of promises and then slowly realise that we can’t live up to them. So my financial promise for the year is that I will set realistic goals, with clear action plans! I started by reflecting back on the financial ...

Resting after the trading battle

Web Admin 13 December 2015Latest, TraderPetri

Arriving at your desk each day is like descending on a trading battle - you must come prepared or you will be slaughtered. You must think up tactics to outwit your opponent and create strategies to claim small victories. You must systematically win ground. You must try to balance offence and defence, for if your ...

Podcast: How to become a fund manager

Simon Brown 26 November 2015Latest, WorldWide Markets

Simon Shares Astoria (JSE code: ARA) listed yesterday and traded pretty much inline with net asset value (NAV) of USD1.00. I hold and like it very much. But it could be a tough year for the stock if Rand strengthens and US markets slow. we have an interview with Astoria from two weeks ago, find ...