Capitec's share price is coming under pressure after Moody's downgraded Capitec's debt rating to junk status. The share price dropped from R243 to R203 in two weeks after the demise of African Bank (Abil) and the rating downgrade. Capitec Bank share price drops!Topsy measures social sentiment...
We gave Pieter Kriel, our first Wannabe iTrader, R10,000 of our money to try his hand at being a day-trader for a week. He was nervous and excited and VERY quiet during the trading week. We catch up with him to find out how it...
Pieter Kriel, our Wannabe iTrader reflects on his first day of trading: With not much happening on the local and international news front this week, I expected a quiet day on the JSE with lots of directionless movement. Only major Top 40 movement for the day...
Say hello to the first ever Sanlam iTrade Wannabe iTrader, Pieter Kriel! Pieter is a 29 year old entrepreneur from Cape Town. He has a financial background from his studies (BCom Honours at Stellenbosch University as well as CFA Level II). He has worked in financial...
As I wrote in my previous blog post, iTrade Fantasy League Announcement, share prices on the JSE have run far ahead of earnings expectations. The JSE All Share Index increased by more than 30%, from 38,000 on 24 June 2013 to 50,000 in May 2014....
Many followers have asked us how they start on the road to become investors themselves. I will try to give some guidelines in this post. It is important to note that the JSE is not a casino and investing or even trading is not supposed to...
So, we all heard about shares and stockmarkets and The JSE and Bulls and Bears, but what do they all mean. Here we will give a briefly explain what they are. What is the JSE? The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, now called the JSE Securities Exchange was founded...
Technical analysis is basically the study of prices to make better investments, with charts being the primary tool. (Technical Analysis from A to Z – Steven B Achelis). The roots stem from the Dow Theory developed by Charles Dow in the early 1900s. Technical analysis...
P/E ratios are used extensively as a quick evaluation tool. It is probably the most used tool to value shares or markets as cheap or expensive. When analysts refer to a R100 share as cheaper that a R10 share on TV, what they mean is...
A brief overview of those indicators that regularly influence the JSE Analysing economic indicators can help investors to evaluate the general equity market trend better as well as to identify the best sectors to invest in. Here are some of the most important indicators we see...