In March 2020, the single best investment skill you could have had was courage. The market had collapsed. Everything was cheap. The only question was whether you could override the fear response long enough to buy. 2026 is different. The market isn’t in freefall. Most assets aren’t universally cheap. Nor are the opportunities obvious.
Read MoreIn September 2024, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority approved a two-tier reform – the JSE’s split of its Main Board into two segments – Prime and General – with simplified Listings Requirements taking full effect in early 2026.
Read MoreEvery investor knows what brokerage costs. It’s on the contract note, in rand and cents, impossible to miss. What almost no retail investor calculates, and what can dwarf that brokerage fee many times over, is liquidity cost. The price you actually pay to get into a small cap, and the price you actually receive to get out of one, when very few shares change hands on any given day.
Read MoreSouth Africa recently received one of the most significant trade gifts in its post-apartheid history.
China, the country’s largest trading partner by a wide margin, has implemented a zero-tariff policy covering 100% of tariff lines for South African exports. Agricultural goods, processed products, beneficiated minerals and manufactured items can now enter the world’s second-largest consumer market without paying a cent in import duties.
When a JSE small-cap CEO buys shares in the open market with their own money, they’re telling you something no analyst report can. Here’s how to find it, how to read it, and why it’s one of the most reliable signals available to a private investor.
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