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Podcast: Gold gets its wings on

Simon Brown 23 July 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Day 119 of lockdown and Covid-19, cases may be moderating? Monday is 4 months of lockdown. Quantum Foods (JSE code: QFH) is coming back to earth after 1157c last Friday. Tech stocks in the US are flying. Expensive? yes, but. They have solid earnings, a moat and lots of new products they can ...

Video: Trading 101, Managing risk

Simon Brown 15 July 2020ThinkMarkets

In the third in this series, Simon Brown covers the very important aspect of managing risk as a trader. He covers; Stop loss ~ what, where how and why? Position size ~ the 2% rule Portfolio risk ~ Elders 6% rule and 3x geared [adrotate banner="6"] Capitec, great results. Very expensive stock. Sasol just a ...

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"] Capitec, great results. Very expensive stock. Sasol just a horror.Capitec, great results. Very expensive stock. Sasol just a horror.25 April 2024Lessons from a trader, saver, investor and retiree – part 1Lessons from a trader, saver, investor ...

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: Everything collapsing, even gold

Simon Brown 19 March 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Sasol (JSE code: SOL) is now talking a rights issue of some US$2billion, more than the current market cap. They hope to be able to avoid this by selling assets, finding a partner for Lake Charles and cutting costs. But the first two will be near impossible in the current climate, so expect ...

Podcast: Does COVID-19 just delay spending?

Simon Brown 20 February 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares I bought Sibanye Stillwater* (new JSE code: SSW) last week, average price 3950c. You want to own single commodity miners when price has already boomed and underlying commodities are flying. We have both here and if prices hold they'll print money for the rest of this financial year ending June. I'll add on ...

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

Simon Brown 28 November 2019JSE Direct, Latest

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% ...

Podcast: Ironman your trading

Simon Brown 21 November 2019JSE Direct, Latest

Upcoming events; 21 November ~ Creating a portfolio at the market highs 05 December ~ Position your portfolio for 2020 Ironman your trading This is an hour long recording of a live event I presented in Cape Town on Tuesday. The PDF is here. JSE – The JSE is a registered trademark of the JSE ...