Distell
Quality of management is a vital indicator for the private investor. High quality management is the best guarantee of future profits and sustainability in any share, especially in the volatile and unpredictable environment of South Africa. COVID-19 and the recent civil unrest have given investors a unique opportunity to evaluate the quality of management
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Opportunity Knocks
As a private investor, you need to develop a view on where exactly you think the market is in its cycle – is it expensive and close to the top, cheap and close to the bottom or somewhere in the middle? There can be very little doubt that investors generally move from being optimistic about the future to being pessimistic - and back again
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Capitalising on Chaos
The most dangerous man is the one who has nothing to lose. He is not afraid of imprisonment because at least there he will have a roof over his head, food and clothing. For the past 12 years South Africa has been bringing much of its population to that point of desperation. Unemployment, the lack of service delivery and extreme poverty have become endemic.
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Our Aveng Story
On 22nd October 2018 we ran an article entitled “Speculating on Aveng”, ( click here to read it ), in which we suggested that buying R10 000 worth of Aveng at 5c a share might be a worthwhile speculation for private investors. As we said in the article, we do not usually advise