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Economists are split on whether the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee will hold or hike interest rates on Thursday.
A larger than expected loss has not phased investors who believe better days are ahead for the countries largest unsecured lender.
The strike-hit miner has fallen out of favour with Investec Assest Management but Coronation Fund Managers like the prospects of the platinunm sector.
Global metals producer Glencore Xstrata is set to draw strong demand for its stock from South African investors, says Investec Asset Management.
Food retailers are trading at the cheapest premium to the nation’s benchmark stocks index as economic factors curb their profit growth.
Investec bank has loaned about R240-million rand to First Strut, the Johannesburg based company that is in liquidation.
South African gold-mining stocks surged to a four-year high as the nation’s currency plummeted and pushed the rand-price of gold higher.
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/ 29 October 2010
The latest Asisa stats show that investors are uncertain about the recovery and they are making emotional investment decisions.
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/ 14 October 2010
Research on the subject is limited but there are several pointers you can use.
Taking a contrarian view, Investec Asset Management has taken a serious bet against retailers after a strong rally.
John Biccard’s Investec Value Fund has zero exposure to the big four banks for the first time, and he has also dumped retail stocks.
There is no error in Statistic South Africa’s calculation of the official inflation rate, the agency said on Wednesday.
SA is not moving into a recession, Jeremy Gardiner, director at Investec Asset Management, said on Thursday at a media briefing in Johannesburg.
South Africa’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped to 49,1 in May on a seasonally adjusted basis from 54,1 in April, pressured by weak new sales orders and higher production costs. The index, a measure of underlying manufacturing activity, was below the key 50 level that signals expansion.
South Africa’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to a four-and-a-half year low of 46,4 in February, knocked by slowing demand and a crippling power shortage. The fall in the index, a measure of manufacturing activity, from 52,1 in January reflected lower new sales orders and marked the first decline below the 50 mark, which separates expansion from contraction, since 2003.
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/ 18 February 2008
The recent turmoil in financial markets has not been confined to equities. Bonds have been the worst-performing asset class for two years running, returning a dismal 4,2% in 2007. Does this mean the tide is ready to turn, that it can’t get any worse and that investors should pile back into bonds again after two really bad years?
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/ 1 November 2007
South Africa’s purchasing managers index (PMI) rebounded sharply to 56,1 in October, as robust demand pushed new sales orders up, sponsor Investec said on Thursday. The index, which measures underlying manufacturing activity, leapt from a near two-year low of 51,6 in September and snapped a two-month decline.
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/ 3 September 2007
South Africa’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to its lowest level in more than a year in August, but prospects were still positive, sponsor Investec said on Monday. The monthly measure of manufacturing activity dropped to 54,3 from 57,7 in July, largely due to a sharp fall in growth of business activity and slower sales growth.