Markets love noise: wars, oil prices, interest-rate calls. But some of the best opportunities come from companies that simply get on with fixing themselves while everyone’s distracted. The three small caps I’m sharing today have each done exactly that.
Read MoreSomething interesting happened in Silicon Valley earlier this month.
Nvidia, the company that has made billions selling the chips powering the artificial intelligence boom, agreed to spend almost $13 billion buying a company most ordinary investors have probably never heard of.
Read MoreThe internet these days is packed with self-proclaimed gurus and influencers promising to show you the secret to beating the market. But when everyone seems to have the answer, how do you know who is actually worth listening to? This week, we tackle three questions: what a trading guru really is, whether you should pay for a course or mentor, and when paying for investment research can make sense.
Read MoreEarly Friday morning, a SENS announcement landed that took me by surprise.
Omnia Holdings (JSE: OMN), South Africa’s largest integrated chemicals group, issued a cautionary notice to shareholders. The company is in advanced discussions regarding a potential offer for all its issued ordinary shares.
The share price responded immediately jumping more than 10%.
I recently received an excellent review of two Structured Products done by Finova Capital. They understand the complex details and compare the solutions to determine which is better for you. Two products in focus this month were the Discovery Capital 200+ (closing 10 September) and the Momentum Digital Structured Note (closing 18 September). They may look like close cousins. They aren’t.
Read MoreMarkets have a funny way of making old investing mistakes feel completely new. A new technology arrives, prices surge, investors pile in and suddenly the usual rules no longer seem to apply.
Read MoreSomething unusual is happening in the AI race. The world’s biggest technology companies are spending staggering amounts building AI data centres packed with the most advanced computing hardware on the planet.
Read MoreFrom Wednesday 2 September 2026, something took effect that will work its way through the South African economy for months. The wholesale price of the premium grade of diesel rose over 11% – pushing the inland wholesale price back above R30 a litre in Gauteng for the first time since May.
Read MoreOver the past four weeks, we’ve explored the three pillars of market analysis: technical, fundamental and sentiment. Fundamental analysis tells us what is happening inside the business. Technical analysis tells us what is happening to the price. Sentiment tells us what investors think and feel about both. On their own, each provides useful information. But when the three start telling the same story, things get interesting.
Read MoreA Red Hot Penny Shares subscriber wrote in last week with a question I’ve been wanting to address for a while. They noticed something that’s been quietly frustrating income-focused investors for the past few years. Where have all the small cap dividend payers gone?
Read MoreIf someone was slowly, quietly shrinking the value of every rand note in your wallet – not stealing it, just making each note worth a little less every single year – what would you do with your money? You’d move it out of cash. You’d put it into something they can’t shrink. Something with a fixed supply. Something that governments can’t print more of on a Tuesday afternoon when the budget looks bad. That instinct has a name in financial markets. It’s called the debasement trade. And in 2026, it has become one of the most important and most misunderstood investment themes on the planet.
Read MoreWe’ve already explored technical analysis, which helps us understand the market’s medium-term direction, and fundamental analysis, which helps us estimate a company’s long-term value. Now we come to the final, and perhaps most fascinating, pillar of investing: sentiment.
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