JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Understanding a risk parity portfolio

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This podcast brought to you by Absa CIB Len Jordaan, Index and Structured Solutions, Absa CIB Simon and Len delve into understanding risk and how it applies to your Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) selection, both as a basket of different ETFs you put together but also as to which individual ETF you may be buying ...
JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: It’s not ok to just be your best

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Simon Shares Woolies* (JSE code: WHL) update is same old same old. Local food doing great, fashion okay and Australia still under pressure with the refurbishments due to end March 2020. Brait (JSE code: BAT) announces a large recapitalisation with a cR5.5billion rights issue at a 27% discount to the share price and about 60% ...
JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Goals, processes and habits

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Simon Shares October was a decent month for the Top40, adding almost 3% and now 9.5% year-to-date excluding dividends. Moody's makes us negative but not junk and the ZAR soars. Finance minister, Tito Mboweni, says government 'not considering' the idea of prescribed assets. https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2019-11-05-treasury-not-considering-prescribed-assets-mboweni-says/ The Shoprite* (JSE code: SHP) update what was way more interesting ...
JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Managed volatility ETFs

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Sponsored by Index and Structured Solutions, Absa CIB Simon Shares US yield curves have inverted across the range. Shorter term rates are higher then longer-term rates. Now every recession has been proceeded by a yield curve inversion. But not every yield curve inversion has been followed by a recession. So maybe it's warning us or ...
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Podcast: Equal weight needs your vote to be SMART

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Making the CSEW40 SMART The CoreShares Equal Weight Top40 ETF (JSE code: CSEW40) has long been a favourite of mine, but now CoreShares want to change the ETF to a multi factor ETF under the code SMART. Those factors are; Value (portfolios of cheap shares outperform portfolios of expensive shares) Momentum (portfolios of recent share ...
JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: 2019 predictions show

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Simon Shares Learn to love a lazy market Upcoming events Tax-free investing review, who ate the returns? 2019 predictions show Every year Marc Ashton, Keith McLachlan and Simon Brown do a predictions show. Three wild and wooly predictions for the markets followed by a call on the Top40 and ZAR. Each year starts with a review of the ...