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Blog2 : 20 February 2018 (JSE ALSI return over the course of last 12 months)
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In today's second blog post we take a look at the return of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share index return over the couse of the last 12months. Investors will be happy with the fact that while returns have not been shooting the lights out, the returns offered by the market has been outstripping inflation handsomely, and that is the first target for investor returns, to ensure their money grows at a pace faster than inflation to ensure the purchasing power of their money is preserved over time and not eroded by inflation.
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Return the last 12months?
According to data as obtained by PSGOnline, the JSE has offered investors a return of 11,7% over the course of the last 12 months, While the market has been relatively volatile over the course of the 12months, as the image below shows, the overall returns are not anything to be snuffed at.
12 Months ALSI All Share return
So while the returns have not been mind blowing in the last 12 months, it is far greater than that of the inflation rate, but as can be seen at the image above, the market has been pulling back substantially in the recent past, with a few big guns in the JSE having taken a pounding, think Naspers (NPN) and Steinhoff (which has seen a decline in its share price of up to 91%).
The graphic below shows an interactive graph of the JSE AlSI over the last 5 years. The graphic automatically recalculates the returns based on the dates selected by the user. Users can change the colours of the negative and positive bars in the chart, and users can download the graphic as an image or download the data used to draw the graphic if they want.
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