South African Market Insights
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We take a look at the currency data of South Africa, Turkey and Chile supplied to us by our friends at PSG and compare these three emerging market economies currencies and their performance against the mighty US dollar over the course of the last two years. We as South Africans might be complaining about out exchange rate but just be happy its not the Turkish Lira.
The Starbucks (SBUX) share price and shareholders are benefiting significantly from the the group's aggressive share repurchase program which ensures future earnings are divided by fewer shares which of course is good for future valuation methods such as PE ratio's and dividend yields. We cover Starbucks's Q2:2019 results and believe the stock is currently overvalued.
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While we take a look at the JSE trading statistics every week we hardly ever take a look at their financial results. An oversight on our part for sure. But today we take a look at the latest trading statement released by the group in which they state that their Headline earnings per share (HEPS) will be between 25% and 35% lower than the previous period.
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We take a look at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) trading statistics for the week ending 21 June 2019 and compare the numbers to that of a year ago. So how has the JSE been performing over the last week in terms of number of trades, volume of trades or value traded? And has seller been buying or selling locally listed shares?
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We update our Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) page by looking at the employee costs expressed as a percentage of total income earned by smaller firms across various sectors of South Africa's economy and find that on average smaller firms spend about R1 on employee costs for every R5 earned.
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Wondering what South Africa trades with its Southern Hemisphere foe (in terms of sport such as Rugby and Cricket) Australia? South Africa and Australia tend to trade very similar goods and services with the rest of the world, think commodity and raw material exports and crude oil imports, but what exactly do they trade with one another. We take a look at the latest numbers released by South Africa's customs office
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We take a look at the latest financial stability review as published by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). The document highlights, among other things, the biggest risks to South Africa's financial stability and the potential impact these risks could have on our financial stability if they happen. The report also shows defaults on loans and advances in South Africa is increasing sharply.
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We take a look at the latest set of financial results published by Mr Price Group. And based on the surge in the share price of the group's shares on Friday after the release of their results, it looks like the markets loved what they saw. While the results were good, we believe MRP shares are close to being fully priced.
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We take a look at struggling food group, Famous Brands latest financial results. And we say struggling food group as their entry into the UK market with the acquisition of Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has blown up in their face. They have written down a massive chunk of their R2billion odd investment in GBK. So how did things go for the group up to end of February 2019?
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Have you ever wondered what percentage of various race groups speak different types of languages? Or what percentage of South Africans speaks Afrikaans, English, isiZulu, isiXhosa? We take a look at the lastest results released in the 2018 General Household Survey (GHS) and what it says about languages spoken in South Africa.
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