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SARB inflation target 🎯
Inflation remains well below target at 2.8%, raising expectations of a rate cut at Thursday’s MPC meeting. New long-term target could shift to 3%.
⏳ Rate cut coming? Market’s betting on 25bps; Simon wants 50bps.
💡 Lower target = anchored expectations = tamer wage negotiations. -
Peloton (PTON) 🚴♂️
The pandemic darling may be turning a corner with solid free cash flow returning.
💵 Q3 FY25: $94.6m FCF (vs $10.7m in Q1)
📉 Stock at $7.50 (down from $170). Risky turnaround, but improving numbers.
📊 Subscriptions reviving; de-risked but needs deeper digging. -
Gold Power Hour coming 19 June 🪙
Event: “Know when to hold it, know when to fold it.”
📆 19 June with Standard Bank
📈 Gold had its highest ever weekly close – bullish candles and all. -
Rand strength 💪🇿🇦
ZAR gaining momentum: from 19.90 to 17.88.
🌍 Dollar index weakening, Trump tariff noise not shaking markets – yet.
🔮 Simon sees 16.80 as possible ahead.
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USDZAR 27 May 2025 | weekly chart
Trump tariffs whiplash 🇺🇸🌀
🗓 Flip-flops on 50% EU tariffs: delay to June? Or back to July 9?
🎭 Oval Office ambush with Ramaphosa. No real surprises.
📉 Market’s still waiting for an actual deal – not just handshakes. -
Renegen* (REN) & ASP Isotopes (ASPI) 🧪
🚨 Renegen deal: 1 share of ASPI gets ~0.09 of REN.
🛑 Simon holding Renegen for Phase 2 helium – not keen on ASPI.
💰 Nasdaq listing delays = funding delays. -
Sasol (SOL) ⚖️
💸 Transnet drops appeal, SOL gets R4bn court award.
📈 Stock rally confirmed – chart looking better, Brent still a drag.
🛢 Oil remains the key driver. -
Pick n Pay (PIK) 🛒
📉 Still losing money, but less than before.
👷 Sean Summers’ contract extended to 2028. Break-even delayed.
💰 Boxer + R4bn cash > market cap = value if turnaround succeeds.
🚧 Market says: “We don’t believe it. Yet.” -
Nampak (NPK) 📦
✅ Another slow but steady turnaround.
📊 Results not amazing but consumer headwinds easing. -
Altron (AEL) 🚗📡
📈 Strong Netstar performance. Solid accounting tailwinds coming.
💬 Simon: “One of the few real turnaround wins.”
🧠 Potential still there – analyst upbeat. -
Harmony (HAR) + Copper 🇦🇺🔧
💰 Buying Aussie copper mine for $1bn – diversifying away from gold.
⚖️ Adds immediate copper cash flow = de-risked future.
🔌 Copper demand = chips, EVs, energy. Chart still flat for now. -
PGMs: Platinum & Palladium 💿
🔁 Trading in long-term ranges ($830–$1100).
📉 Not breaking out yet; charts uninspiring.
📦 Stockpiles still working through post-Russia invasion.
📉 EV transition and reduced supply in focus.
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