On Friday Firstrand (JSE: FSR) released a positive trading update indicating earnings will be up over 22% on the back of its final payment for the Discover Card transaction. This R2.3 billion is a welcomed boost for FSR as its operational earnings growth has matured and grows steadily in...
The headline sounds too good to be true, but it isn’t. It’s the result of a corporate action on an unpopular stock. Corporate actions are often boring and don’t bring profit opportunities. Sometimes they result in special situations that bring almost guaranteed profits. These are mostly taken up by...
With just 12 days left of the Tax year and the budget speech next week, this is the time of year, that you should be evaluating your investments and retirement savings and maxing them out as much as you can. While many people know they should be saving more...
The Rand has been one of the strongest EM currencies in the past few weeks, but the strength will be short lived. The Rand has been boosted by a dovish FED, an ECB trying to balance monetary policy and economic growth, and the easing of Trade war fears. But...