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Video: Shorting, hedging & reversal patterns

Simon Brown 8 July 2020ThinkMarkets

Know your derivatives; Shorting Hedging Simon also covers reversal patterns. Find the rest of the series here. [adrotate banner="6"] Bye-bye rate cuts an Anglo American, hello ChinaBye-bye rate cuts an Anglo American, hello China2 May 2024RSA Retail Savings Bonds rates (updated May 2024)RSA Retail Savings Bonds rates (updated May 2024)1 May 2024Changes to the Sygnia ...

Podcast: Listed property, watch the V

Simon Brown 2 July 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares “This week’s episode of JSE Direct is courtesy of OUTvest, our preferred supplier in retirement products.” Day 98 of lockdown and Covid-19 cases are spiking in South Africa. Local GDP for the first quarter came in at -2%, helped by agriculture +27.8% For the first time since July 2019, PMI respondents expect conditions ...

Video: The world after Covid-19

Simon Brown 2 July 2020ThinkMarkets, Uncategorized, Webinar and Video

The pandemic is having devastating consequences on the global economy even as the worst seems to be behind us with May and June data showing an improvement on the hard lockdown of April. We still don't have a clear path to the health solutions as we wait for a vaccine. But we do know the ...

Podcast: Send money

Simon Brown 25 June 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Tencent hit a new all-time high on Tuesday and again on Wednesday pushing Naspers (JSE code: NPN) and Prosus (JSE code: PRX) higher and helping the JSE overall. Gold seems to be breaking up out of the consolidation zone it has spent the last few months trading in. Daily gold chart Good German ...

Podcast: Easy on Sasol

Simon Brown 18 June 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Here's a gem from the Herenya Capital Advisors Twitter account, albeit Remedica is up for sale and we've had lots of early hype on drugs that quickly fizzled out. **UPDATE from the company, they only have the rights to the drug in Tanzania** Ascendis Healths subsidiary Remedica manufactures Dexamethasone which apparently helps combat ...

Podcast: The US goes back to work

Simon Brown 11 June 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Bankruptcy stocks are the new excitement in the US. Hertz in chapter 11 saw its stock price back at the levels from when it announced Chapter 11. Tsogo Sun Gaming (JSE code: TSG) results to end-March show debt at R11.2billion, more than double the market cap. EOH (JSE code: EOH) update says debt ...

Podcast: Lift off

Simon Brown 4 June 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Upcoming events; 09 June ~ South China Seas structured product Q&A 10 June ~ Margin, gearing & exposure explained 17 June ~ Trading 101: A traders plan 18 June ~ What it means to Invest Globally, Locally Simon Shares Day 70 of lockdown, week 1 of level 3 and I got drink (still no smokes) but court ...

Podcast: Understanding warrants, carefully

Simon Brown 28 May 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Day 63 of lockdown, level 3 on Monday. As I record we're still waiting for details as to what is allowed under level 3, but it seems that rather than saying what we can do, the regulations will tell us what we can't do and that list will be short. We will be ...

Podcast: Don’t fight the Fed

Simon Brown 21 May 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Upcoming events; 21 May ~ Solvency and liquidity in the time of COVID-19 28 May ~ Managing risk as a trader with Garth McKenzie 03 June ~ Pandemic investment scenarios 10 June ~ Margin, gearing & exposure explained 18 June ~ What it means to Invest Globally, Locally Day 56 of lockdown Simon Shares Don't fight the ...