Market Overview The calendar year 2017 was another roller-coaster year for the investment markets in South Africa and globally. Some of the more significant events include: Ratings agencies downgraded South African sovereign debt to junk status, citing political and economic risks facing the country; Serious allegations [...]
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Delayed Gratification In the world today, you can get most of what you want from a simple click: Want to eat? Click. Want a cab? Click. Want a book to read? Click. Want to know which of your friends are going to be in Johannesburg over [...]
Stadio (SDO) recently unbundled from Curro, which is part of the PSG family. Stadio will continue to be part of the PSG family. Post the unbundling, they have announced a capital raising rights offer) as well as an offer to raise R200m from invited BEE participants. [...]
Shhh.. As the Naspers (NPN) share price keeps on powering ahead, I can’t help thinking why did I ever sell the Naspers I bought for my wife’s portfolio a few years back (Shhh.. please don’t tell her). In 2010, I bought some Naspers for my wife’s account [...]
Sabir Munshi Director at Lunar Capital talks Salaamedias listeners through a number of questions explaining what the bitcoin is all about. Some stores are soon going to trade with bitcoins, hence we need to understand how it all works.
The best investors in the world have a great ability to look and think beyond the obvious. This characteristic is referred to as second-level thinking. In second-level thinking, one has to go beyond the obvious cause-and-effect type thinking. It requires one to ask deeper questions, like “So, [...]
In this blog, we will briefly discuss what are cryptocurrencies, what you should consider before investing in them, and how you could invest in them as a South African investor. What are cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin? A cryptocurrency (like Bitcoin) is fundamentally a digital currency. It [...]
Two sides of the same coin Whenever the subject of investing or investments is brought up, the immediate thought that would come to mind for most people is risk. This is quite appropriate and understandable as investing and risk are two sides of the same coin. [...]
Market Context We launched the Lunar BCI Worldwide Flexible Fund (LBWFA) on 1 June 2016. In our first year to 31 May 2017, several significant events have been playing out locally and globally, which impacted the investment markets: Political events in South Africa have not only [...]