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Podcast: A letter for when you’re dead

Simon Brown 27 October 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Still on holiday. Up coming events; IG Trading Master Class: Tuesday at 6pm - Trend lines, break outs and Turtle trading. JSE Power Hour: Thursday at 5.30pm - Offshore investing. The how. A letter for when you're dead When we die hopefully we have a will that'll deal with our estate. But if ...

Podcast: Reviewing small cap results

Simon Brown 22 September 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Reviewing small cap results with Keith McLachlan Simon Shares Wells Fargo is the sort of stock that if I owned it, I would sell it as management totally failed and refuse to accept any blame. There is a theory that equal weight ETFs have higher costs because they have to rebalance every stock every quarter. But ...

Podcast: Where to for the Rand?

Simon Brown 18 August 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Where to for the Rand? Where to for the Rand? Simon Shares The Dow Jones, S&P500 and Nasdaq all closed at all time highs for the first time since December 1999. Dog stocks, don't mix price and fundamentals. I been buying PTXTEN after exiting my STXDIV and not being blown away by DIVTRX. If you ...

Podcast: Finding a local Berkshire Hathaway?

Simon Brown 11 August 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Finding a local Berkshire Hathaway? Simon Shares US mattresses with Steinhoff (JSE code: SNH)? Paying more than double the last traded price? MTN looks all ugly. Forget the fine, forget over a billion Rands in associated costs. Nigerian and South African markets look weak and I still say they need to transition into being a ...

Podcast: Hedge funds for everybody

Simon Brown 16 June 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Hedge funds for everybody Simon Shares MTN have concluded the Nigerian fine at around a third of the initially proposed fine. A good deal for the company but they should never have found themsleves in the position in the first place an I still do not like management and am not a buyer. Pick n ...

Podcast: A simple diverse ETF portfolio

Simon Brown 26 May 2016JSE Direct, Latest

A simple diverse ETF portfolio Simon Shares Balwin (JSE code: BWN) knocked their results out of the park, but my bigger picture concerns remain. Standard & Poors downgrade or not is next Friday. I did a Twitter poll that came in split by 1 vote. So nobody knows. Twitter poll on SP downgrade Complexity of ...

Podcast: Realistic expectations and success

Simon Brown 14 April 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Realistic expectations and success Realistic expectations and success Simon Shares The rand is back where it was when then Finance Minster Nene was fired. So everybody who was lamenting that they missed their chance to get money offshore into USD, here's your second chance. The NewFunds ILBI (JSE code: NFILBI) is our focus ETF this ...

Podcast: Hating on unit trusts

Simon Brown 7 April 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Hating on unit trusts Simon Shares SPIVA results for South Africa are out and they track how many active managers fail to beat the index. Truth is that even over 1 year most do NOT beat the index. In short, buy passive or lose money? The PDF of the report is here. SPIV SA scorecard ...

Podcast: Moody Moody’s and investing for income

Simon Brown 10 March 2016JSE Direct, Latest

Moody Moodys and investing for income Simon Shares Moodys did not downgrade us, but they did put us on review for a downgrade that will put us one notch above junk status. Then we'll have all three rating agencies on the same level with Standard & Poor heading the pack as we're on a negative ...

Podcast: How many shares in an ideal portfolio?

Web Admin 24 September 2015JSE Direct, Latest

Simon shares There's no change in MPC rates. It seems increases will be very gradual. Maybe only 1 or 2 increases in 2016. Taste (TAS) hit 525c on the back of the Starbucks announcement. It now down at 400c, what’s happening? Buy on rumour, sell on fact. What to do with your SABMiller (SAB) shares? ...