It’s no secret that I love dividends! It’s basically “free money” just for owning shares in a listed company. Moreover, when you uncover the right dividend payers at the right time, you can make good profits.
Read MoreOften referred to as the “Irish Banker”, Richard Cantillon posthumously became famous for his ‘Essay on Economic Theory.’ In it he theorised, when the state prints a bunch of money, it is the institutional setup of that state, that determines who benefits. In the 18th century, this meant the closer you were to the king and the wealthy, the more you benefitted, and the further away you were, the more you were harmed. But in today’s terms… The Cantillon Effect as it’s known is a change in relative prices resulting from a change in money supply.
So how is the Cantillon Effect at play in today’s investing?
The JSE All Share and JSE Small Cap Index have hit 52-week highs. In fact, the JSE has not seen this many shares hit new highs in over a decade. While this is great news for SA investors and I expect more gains, I would like to make something clear today… Not all JSE stocks are equal! Simply put – in any kind of market, you often find “value traps”…
Read MoreHave you ever thought about how a big investment fund buys into shares? Imagine this, a fund like the Ninety-One Value Fund has R6.5 billion invested in various company’s stocks and bonds. If you consider only its largest investments, it is invested in at least 23 stocks, and then there’s a string more that it is invested in at levels below 1% of the fund value…
So how does a fund like this buy into a stock? And what can you learn from it?
There is a constant debate that goes around the investing community with both local and global markets during the ninth month. It’s called the ‘September Effect’. It’s a well-known theory where prices perform worse, on average, compared to the performance for the rest of the year.
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