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How to - Share Focus

The JSE: Not just a pretty face


14 May 2009 01:52

In this the second part of a bigger series, Julius Cobbett tells us why the JSE can be a useful way to raise money and trade shares.


So what are shares anyway?


13 May 2009 07:42

In this the first part of a bigger series looking at investing, Alec Hogg explains how a share actually offers its owner the opportunity to secure exactly the same thing as an investment property.


Don't expect 2002-07 returns - Allan Gray


08 April 2009 18:32

Fund manager expects shares to outperform cash, but warns returns won't be as good as the boom years earlier this century.



Surviving the interest rate squeeze


19 October 2007 00:00

SA Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni is determined to chop the number of presents under your tree. Here’s what you need to do.


 

Why, how often and when should investors switch from one share to another?


30 May 2006 00:00

Imtiaz Ahmed from Investment Solutions shares his views - Transcript


 

How much do shares really cost?


29 May 2006 00:00

The underlying cost of shares.


 

The R5 000 share portfolio


29 May 2006 00:00

IT is possible to buy JSE listed shares for as little as R500 a trade. Thus you can build up a portfolio of ten shares for just R5 000.


 


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Be your own investor…

29 May 2006 00:00

…with a few clicks of a mouse


 

Tradition is a powerful thing

29 May 2006 00:00

Traditional brokers still have their place.


 

How to buy and sell shares

23 May 2006 00:00

An example of the cost of buying and selling - ...


 

Irrationally motivated markets

22 May 2006 00:00

Why you can’t beat the market.


 

Buy on the rumour, sell on the fact

22 May 2006 00:00

How does company news influence returns and share ...


 

Economics vs your shares

22 May 2006 00:00

Watch these economic variables as they exert a big...


 

'More sellers than buyers'

22 May 2006 00:00

What do demand and supply have to do with share pr...


 

What influences share prices?

18 May 2006 00:00

Markets are driven by greed and fear - Transcri...


 

What factors would influence returns and share prices?

16 May 2006 00:00

Psychology, market cycles and 'recency' - Tran...


 

How to use cycle analysis

15 May 2006 00:00

The function of cycle analysis is to determine the...


 

How to use technical indicators

15 May 2006 00:00

Some of a chartist's indicators highlight trend ch...


 

Understanding technical analysis

15 May 2006 00:00

Technical analysts concern themselves with whether...


 

Technical analysis - one of the inputs into making investment decisions.

09 May 2006 00:00

What exactly is it? Transcript


 

Determining the value of a company

08 May 2006 00:00

The first rule is...don't lose money.


 

Getting to grips with a PE ratio

08 May 2006 00:00

One of the simplest, and most widely used, measure...


 

A quick guide to financial ratios

08 May 2006 00:00

Some key ratios to help you understand a company's...


 

EVA measures value creation for the shareholder

08 May 2006 00:00

A new way of measuring a company's financial perfo...


 

How one values companies - the PE ratio

04 May 2006 00:00

Examples given are Nampak, Lonmin, New Clicks - <...


 

Steps to follow as a private investor

02 May 2006 00:00

Investing in shares is no easy task considering ho...


 

Getting to grips with basic accounting

02 May 2006 00:00

Financial statements are not as intimidating as yo...


 

The information treasure hunt

02 May 2006 00:00

Knowing where to look can make investing much easi...


 

Finding value in the JSE

02 May 2006 00:00

Only 37 stocks on the JSE currently trade at a dis...


 

Seeking the key fundamentals

02 May 2006 00:00

When choosing shares to buy, it is a good idea to ...


 

Understanding basic accounting

28 April 2006 00:00

Tendai Musikavanhu and Wayne McCurrie help us to u...


 

Value investing

25 April 2006 00:00

Piet Viljoen explains what value investing is abou...


 

Those global paradoxes

24 April 2006 00:00

Global equity markets are roaring along, but the n...


 

Checking out a company from the top down

24 April 2006 00:00

Knowing a company's position in the greater scheme...


 

Buying growth

24 April 2006 00:00

Accepting the good-news South African story could ...


 
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