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 ...
Video: Investors are normal not rational
Investors are normal not rational Investors are normal not rational Replacing our bad investment habits with good habits will help us create wealth as we become more profitable investors - but investors are normal not rational. But when market uncertainty such as the recent Brexit vote in the UK, leads to market volatility as a ...
Video: Simon’s ’till death do us part portfolio’
Simon's 'till death do us part' portfolio (July 2016) This video is a follow up to the two JSE Direct episodes from 23 and 30 June when Simon discussed his methodology for finding awesome shares and then in the second podcast discussed his own portfolio in relation to his methodology (he calls the portfolio ‘till death ...
Video: Risk management for traders (12/12)
Without proper risk management a trader goes bust sooner or later and likely it will be sooner. This presentation covers Stop loss (where, how, why); Position sizing; The 2% risk rule; The 6% portfolio rule; Managing fear and; Trailing vs. fixed stop loss
Podcast: Getting to grips with fees
Getting to grips with fees Simon Shares New logo for JSE Direct to bring it inline with the new Just One Lap branding. S&P is negative but not junk, Fitch says we stable, GDP says we half way to a recession. GIVISA, the cheapest ETF on the JSE. But is it any good? Kristia goes ...
Video: Building a small cap portfolio
JSE Power Hour: Building a small cap portfolio JSE Power Hour: Building a small cap portfolio Small and mid cap stocks can create significant upside in a portfolio, but how does one get the correct exposure to them? Even more fundamentally, how does one even select which small and mid caps to invest in when building ...
Momentum portfolio update end May16
Momentum Portfolio update Momentum portfolio update end May16 It’s the end of the first quarter* for the 2016/7 Just One Lap Momentum portfolio and here’s our update for the quarter. Find the portfolio details, methodology and previous returns here. The screen shot of the portfolio at the close of 31 May 2016 is as below. ...
Podcast: A simple diverse ETF portfolio
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: Doing risk right
Doing risk right A very long show this week (over an hour), but totally worth every second of listening. Last week I reflected on the Sanlam i3 Summit I attend and this week I speak with Roland Rousseau (Head of Barclays Risk Strategy Group) on his presentation at the conference. Roland is looking at this whole idea ...
Video: Using fundamentals and technicals (11/12)
In this 11th Boot Camp of the current series Simon Brown, Just One Lap founder, will be focusing on using technicals and fundamentals. He covers; What’s the difference? Using them separately. Identifying quality sectors and stocks using Porters five forces Simon's own theory for finding the right fundamental price to pay Blending them together. Which ...