resource investments Archives

ETF: Understanding the Shari’ah 40 ETF

Kristia van Heerden 20 May 2020 ETF Blog, Latest

Aligning profitability with ethics is a sticky problem. Since businesses don’t seem to get it right, it’s not that surprising that ethical ETF choices are limited. Over the years the local industry has seen some attempts at ethics-driven ETFs. However, Absa’s Shari’ah-compliant Top 40 (share code: NFSH40) product has been the only one that has ...

ETF: Understanding the GIVI SA Resource 15 ETF

Kristia van Heerden 23 Jan 2019 ETF Blog, Latest

Since the South African investment universe is small, we get a front-row seat to the impact of diversification during every market cycle. Historically the South African economy relied heavily on the resources sector. While we're no longer a resource-heavy economy, our mines and energy businesses tend to shine when the rest of the economy suffers. ...

JSE Power Hour: How to profit from SA mining

Video: How to profit from SA mining

Simon Brown 25 May 2018 JSE Power Hour, Webinar and Video

Peter Major is the Director of Mining at Cadiz Corporate Solutions and is one of the most knowledgeable people on the local mining industry having started as a teenager rock breaker in underground mining. The local and global mining picture remains mixed with some commodities doing much better than others and as such some mining ...

Video: Is it time for resource investments?

Web Admin 26 May 2015 JSE Power Hour, Learn Investing, Webinar and Video

Is it time to start looking at resource investments? The JSE Resource Index has averaged a 4% pa return over the past 6 years. That's a horrible return for resource investments! During that same time the Indi 25 has returned 30% a year and the Property index 23% a year. But now most resource investment ...