A sea of red… That’s pretty much all you saw in stock markets late last week. In fact, Thursday was the S&P500’s worst drop since June 2020, while it also marked the largest single-day loss for the Nasdaq100 Index in HISTORY.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, African Rainbow Capital Investments (JSE: AIL) or ARC for short, released their interim results for the six-months ending December 2024. But it was the second SENS release that grabbed all the attention and sent its shares +5% higher. In short, management announced its intention to buyout all the ordinary shares in company, and subsequently, delist from the JSE and A2X exchange.
Read MoreEvery quarter, Reuters surveys analysts across the world…To find out what they think will be the TOP performing base metals on the London Metal Exchange (LME).
What exactly are base metals? Think copper, lead, zinc, tin, nickel… These, however, weren’t the top answer. The answer was in fact…
For decades, precious metal bulls have complained that paper markets have manipulated the prices of gold and silver.
You see, the same bar of gold/silver can be bought and sold a thousand times over without ever leaving the same vault. This allows the fiat cartel to use paper money to suppress prices of the physical metals.
The only way to combat this “manipulation” is if every buyer had custody of their own gold, which, not many buyers do.
Interestingly, these dynamics seem to have recently changed…and fast!
In one day, US President Donald Trump threatened three key partners – China, Canada, and Mexico – with tariffs over illegal immigration and fentanyl. These threats combined with the tit-for-tat tariff response by Canada and Mexico were enough to send stock markets across the world into the red.
Read MoreOne measure the US government can take is suspend daily reinvestment of certain funds. The government can pause investments in certain funds to create room for more borrowing. This is what happened in 2021, when the government borrowed $262 billion, which it repaid later that year. The thing is these measures will continue until 14 March. So, they simply buy time. They don’t increase the debt limit or change government spending. And the longer these “extraordinary measures” go on, the closer the US government gets to defaulting.
Read MoreWhenever someone discovers I work in the investment field, they’re always eager to share what they’ve invested in and ask my thoughts on their portfolio. But invariably, in these conversations, I always get asked this one question… “What’s the hottest new stock I should buy right now?”
Read MoreWhile 2024 was a decent year of returns for JSE-listed large and mid-cap stocks… It was small caps that dominated the JSE! Looking at the top 50 best performing JSE stocks of 2024, more than half were small caps. And small caps dominated the top 10.
Read MoreTo say Barloworld is a SA (and global) stalwart is no understatement… So, it’s no wonder why international investors have eyed the company out for a takeover!
Read MoreI like to think of myself as a realist – although some may say my outlook veers towards pessimism. Either way, I bring this up, because of the recent “negative” reactions to SA’s latest GDP numbers…
Read MoreWhat a year it’s been for small caps! The JSE All Share is up a decent +11%, but the real performer has to be the small cap index up an incredible 25.1% this year.
Read MoreThe past four or five months have been incredibly rewarding for JSE investors. A revival of investor sentiment and confidence in SA has helped the JSE All Share, Small Cap Index and small caps in general to hit new all-time highs this year.
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