About FSP Invest
For nearly 24 years, the FSPInvest team has been led by Publisher, Annabel Koffman.
We are an independent investment publications company, a division of Fleet Street Publications Pty Ltd established in 1999, with more than 100,000 subscribers in South Africa.
Our philosophy is simple…
We publish our best investment ideas. And our customers only stay with us if these ideas work.
Unlike investment banks and brokerages, we are completely independent. We only publish investment research. We do not provide brokerage services or manage money.
With our highly experienced and dedicated team of professional analysts, economists, brokers and fund managers – FSPInvest is the go-to place to gain expert market insights, profitable investment ideas and top trading tips and strategies to help anyone create and secure their financial freedom.
Discover what to trade from top small caps on the JSE, income paying dividend stocks to the best tech stocks, cryptocurrencies, gold and more right here.
Our Experts
FSPInvest readers have access to a wealth of experience and expertise from South Africa and abroad.
Francois Joubert
Analyst, Red Hot Penny Shares
Francois Joubert is an investment strategist, property investor and media personality with 13-years, experience investing on the JSE.
During his studies in engineering Francois started investing on the stock market – tripling his portfolio in year one. After working in the mining industry, he decided to focus on investing full time. By age 23 he owned his first property, bought with stock market proceeds. He also completed a degree in investment management, as well as a post graduate diploma in property valuation. Francois is also a member of the South African Institute of Financial Markets.
Today Francois manages his own businesses, including a real estate investment company. Francois is the editor of South Africa’s largest small-cap stock newsletter, Red Hot Penny Shares and also sits on the panel of the South African Investor as an investment expert.
Francois’s investment ethos is built on the strategies made famous by Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett.
Through these publications, Francois aims to help his readers achieve the same stock and property investment success he did by implementing successful strategies and investment techniques.
Francois is a sought after speaker at investment events, and has been featured as an expert guest on CNBC, SABC2, SABC3 and Chai FM.
He has authored several books on investing, including the best-selling “How to Become a Master Property Investor in 90 days”
JOSHUA BENTON
Analyst, Real Wealth and Managing Editor, South African Investor
Joshua Benton is a successful investment analyst, author and financial writer.
He is no ordinary 29 year old. In his monthly premium research advisory, Real Wealth, he uses a simple investment strategy that harnesses proven growth, value and momentum indicators and combines them into one market-beating system. It has helped him uncover some of the most profitable stocks designed to build real wealth within 10 years.
Joshua’s strategy has never lost money and consistently beats the market. In fact, the portfolio he runs has returned an average of 21.32% over the last 9 years, more than double the JSE All Share.
Joshua is also the Managing Editor of the popular Money Morning financial email newsletter, through which he shares his contrarian, actionable investment ideas to over 80,000 South African investors every day.
He is also the editorial director of FSPInvest’s premium research advisory, South African Investor.
Through his work with South African Investor, Joshua has built relationships with a network of global and local economic thought leaders like Bill Bonner, Leon Louw, Chris Hart, Dawie Roodt, Viv Govender and Dan Denning.
These high-level connections allow Joshua to give his readers ‘insider’ investment insights unavailable anywhere else.
Timon Rossolimos
Founder, MATI Trader, Analyst, Red Hot Trader and Managing Editor, Pickpocket Trader
Timon Rossolimos is a professional trader, author, speaker and trading mentor and entrepreneur.
Upon graduating in advanced economics, Timon went on to complete his Registered Persons Exams (RPE) through the SAIFM and started trading professionally for himself.
Timon’s subsequent 18-year trading career led him to his current position as managing editor of the Premium Red Hot Storm Trader service as well as the widely read email newsletter – Trading Tips – which goes out to over 30,000 readers every day.
Timon is also an owner of a trading education solutions company called MATI Trader and is a sought-after speaker at trading events, having personally trained thousands of South Africans on CFD trading and Forex.
He is also the creator and author of several trading books and two trading programmes, including the best seller, Six Forex Profit Patterns, MATI Trader System Programme and the 84 Top Trading Lessons of All Time.
You may have even seen or heard him sharing his ideas on trading on CNBC Africa, radio stations, SABC business television programmes or on his social media platforms.
Gary Booysen
Contributor, MoneyMorning
Gary founded South Africa’s leading boutique brokerage firm, Rand Swiss.
The firm is currently ranked South Africa’s #1 Stockbroker, Best Advice Broker and People’s Choice Award Winner by the Financial Mail/Intellidex Top Brokers Survey.
As a director and portfolio manager, he specialises in bespoke portfolio construction, stockbroking and trade execution.
He is an avid market commentator who features regularly on CNBC, SABC, BDTV and E-TV. He also contributes to a variety of radio broadcasts including: Classic FM, 702 Money Show, Radio 2000, SAFM as well as a variety of print media publications including the Business Day and Forbes Magazine, MoneyMorning and sits on the panel of South African Investor.
Viv Govender
Contributor, MoneyMorning
Viv is a market analyst and wealth specialist who focuses mainly on the South African environment with a macroeconomic slant.
He appears in the media regularly, contributing to SABC, CNBC, Radio 2000, SAFM, 702 and Etv to name a few.
He is also passionate about financial education.
He is currently a guest lecturer at a number of prominent business schools and advanced education programs and a regular contributor to MoneyMorning.
Before his career in the financial markets, he lectured at UKZN, DUT and a number of other tertiary institutions.
Christo Krog
Contributor, MoneyMorning
Christo is a technical analyst and offshore specialist.
He has an acute understanding of the complexities involved with moving funds across borders and building offshore investment portfolios.
If you’re creating a bespoke offshore portfolio, simply send funds across overseas or arranging , it’s likely Chisto can assist.
He also has years of experience analysing charts with particular insights into Japanese trading systems and techniques.
Christo currently manages the Rand Swiss Offshore Transfer desk.
Christo loves all things tech and is a regular contributor to MoneyMorning.
Gavin McCarter
Contributor, MoneyMorning
Gavin joined Finova in 2016, he previously worked as an investment analyst and senior dealer at an institutional brokerage.
He has a keen eye for the financial markets, regularly commenting on developments, trading ideas and the economy.
He is a qualified JSE dealer and Certified Financial Planner and is responsible for portfolio management and dealing in local Equities, Forex, Derivatives and Cryptocurrencies.
Guy Algeo
Contributor, MoneyMorning
Guy has been trading, investing and developing financial markets for more than 25 years.
He has held senior positions at several financial firms and before joining Finova full-time was head of trading for a leading brokerage.
His passion for innovation has been instrumental in the development of several online trading platforms and investment products.
He has consulted in various roles and is a member of the Financial Derivative Advisory Committee of the JSE.
At Finova, Guy has focused on building automated trading strategies, price arbitrage and efficient execution systems that boost performance in client portfolios.
He also sits on the panel of experts for South African Investor.
