Results Shows SA Consumer Improving | Renewable Energy Listing With ±9% DY
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
Release Date: 06/10/2025
Good Things Happening in SA | How to Spot the Bubble Popping
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
Worldwide Markets — Episode 657 (19 November 2025) 🗓️📈 🔥 This Week on Worldwide Markets Good things are happening in South Africa 🇿🇦, bubble-watching on global markets 🎈, fresh ETF listings from Ninety One 📊, strong local results (Astral 🐔, WeBuyCars 🚗, Ninety One 💼), and the Year-End Power Hour opens for bookings 🎤✨. 🎈 Bubble Talk: When Does It Pop? Guest Insight: Citigroup’s Dirk Willer (via Odd Lots podcast) Definition: A bubble = asset prices 2 standard deviations above the 1-year average. His exit rule: ➡️ Identify the drivers — the...
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JSE in the Cross Hairs (and Proposing Changes) | Don't Fight the Trend
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
Worldwide Markets – Episode 656 (12 November) Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets and Shyft – the global money app that puts travel, shopping, payments and investments in the palm of your hand 🌍💸 1) JSE Under Pressure 🏛️⚖️ Two issues in the spotlight: a) Competition Commission Complaint A2X alleges JSE is being anti-competitive around BDA & settlement. This could have a long regulatory process. No quick outcomes expected. b) Matengu Allegations Matengu alleges share price manipulation and claims to have emails implicating JSE directors. JSE has fired back and...
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When Will The Markets Crash? | Optasia IPO Fails to Pop
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
🌍 Worldwide Markets – Episode 655 Date: 5 November Host: Simon Brown Powered by: Standard Bank Global Markets & – the global money app for travel, payments & investing. 🎙️ This Week’s Big Questions When will markets crash? 🤯📉 Will we finally get a sovereign ratings upgrade? 🇿🇦🔼 Optasia* lists… but no IPO fireworks 💼🔔 SA vehicle sales accelerate again 🚗📈 🚀 Shyft Migration Update If you are an OST/Webtrader/ASI client — but have not yet been notified about migrating to Shyft — that simply means your group is scheduled for...
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Gold took us up … and Gold will take us down
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
🌍 World Wide Markets Ep. 654 — 29 October 2025 🎙️ “Gold took us up … and gold will take us down.” 🪙 Gold Takes the JSE for a Ride Gold led the JSE to record highs — and now it’s leading it back down. Year-to-date returns: Gold +49 %, Harmony +87 %, Pan African +126 %, DRD +150 %, Gold Fields +162 %, AngloGold Ashanti* +167 %! Excluding dividends! Simon notes clear support around $3,600-3,800, with further downside likely. The Top 40 is up ~38 % YTD, but the Resources Index (Resi) is +93 % — remove that, and the market’s ~20 %. Translation: half this year’s...
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Optasia, AI-enabled fintech business, listing on the JSE. Worth buying?
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
🌍 Worldwide Markets Ep. 653 – Gold Crashes, Markets Burn, and Optasia’s JSE Listing 🎙️ Hosted by Simon Brown 📅 Recorded: Tuesday, 21 October 2025 📈 Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets, Retail & Shyft – The global money app that puts travel, shopping, payments and investments in the palm of your hand. 💥 Local Markets Crushed A brutal day on the JSE as the market closed down 2.5%, with resources tumbling 7.8% despite a steady rand (R17.43). Gold miners collapsed: Implats & Sibanye -10%, Gold Fields & Harmony -9%, AngloGold* -8%. PGMs also fell...
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JSE Large Caps with Great Dividend Yields
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
🎙️ Worldwide Markets Ep. 652 — “Dividends, Gold, and Gearing Gone Wild” 📅 15 October 2025 | Hosted by Simon Brown | Powered by Standard Bank SHYFT 🪙 Gold Rush Continues Gold is unstoppable! 🚀 Now trading above R4,100/oz, the yellow metal has clocked eight consecutive green weeks — the longest winning streak since early 2024. Simon digs into: 📈 Historical patterns since the pandemic: jump → consolidate → jump again 🏦 Central banks as persistent buyers — but what happens if they ever stop? 🤔 With gold having doubled in three years, central banks’ reserves...
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Value on the JSE? We find the Cheapest Shares
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
🎙️ Worldwide Markets Ep. 651 — “Value on the JSE? We Find the Cheapest Shares” (8 October 2025) 📅 Recorded Tuesday afternoon | Powered by Standard Bank & 💡 Episode Overview This week Simon Brown digs into value on the JSE — where the cheapest shares might be hiding 👀. He also unpacks: The Purple Group* pullback 🟣 📈 (spoiler: it’s been a wild year!) Upcoming 🧠 🟣 Purple Group: Pullback or Panic? After a huge rally to R2.74, Purple Group has pulled back — but no need to panic. Likely to find support around R2.10, with upside targets around R3.50...
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what's pushed Purple Group +140% this Year? And a Bull Case for SA Inc.
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
🌍 Worldwide Markets Episode 650 – 1 October 2025 Hosted by Simon Brown Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets & the 💳🌐 🔑 Key Topics This Week 📈 Purple Group* & EasyEquities Purple Group share price up ~150% this year 🚀 Results driven by non-revenue income (inactivity fees & loyalty program) Strong client acquisition via Capitec & Discovery Bank partnerships 🏦 Trading volumes soaring in a bullish market 💹 Purple Group | YTD to close 29 Sep 25 💰 Top 40 hits 100,000 Thanks to gold miners & PGMs ⛏️ AngloGold Ashanti* up nearly...
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Your Second Brain | Managing all the Data and Putting it to use
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
🌍 Worldwide Markets Ep. 649 – Building a Second Brain 🧠✨ Recorded on 24 September 2025 (from the beach!) – Hosted by Simon Brown This week, Simon takes a break from market talk 📉📈 to explore something equally powerful: how to manage the flood of data and information we face every day. Instead of focusing on stocks, currencies, or central banks, he dives into the idea of creating a "second brain" — a system to capture, organize, and use knowledge effectively. 🔑 Episode Highlights 🧠 Brains are great at decisions – quick choices like what to eat or which route to...
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Three Stocks with Cash & Shares Worth more then their Market Cap
WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown
🌍 World Wide Markets Ep. 648 – Cash-Rich Companies, Fed Cuts & China’s Housing Woes Host: Simon Brown Date: 17 September 2025 📉 China’s Housing Market New house prices fell 2.5% YoY – still negative since May 2022. Bottomed in October 2023 (-5.9%) and now trending upward. Reflects weak Chinese consumer confidence, similar to South Africa 🇨🇳🇿🇦. Evergrande’s collapse still casts a shadow. Chinese New Home index YonY 🏦 Central Banks in Focus FOMC (US): Decision due Wednesday evening. Market expects 25bps cut, with more cuts likely in Oct & Dec. US...
info_outlineThis week, Simon Brown unpacks the numbers behind a recovering South African consumer, an attractive new renewable energy listing, and the latest moves in platinum group metals (PGMs). Plus, CrowdStrike’s results, Omnia’s cash pile (and SARS headache), and what falling bond yields mean for SA.
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📈 Retail recovery? Results from Mr Price* and TFG* show H2 improvement — are SA consumers finally catching a break?
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🌱 Greencoat Renewables (JSE: GRP) lands on the JSE with a juicy ±9% dividend yield. Should you be bidding?
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💰 Omnia shines with strong mining & agri numbers, plus another special dividend — but SARS looms.
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🪙 PGMs on the move: Platinum breaks out, rhodium recovers — which miner is best placed to benefit?
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🔐 CrowdStrike* delivers solid results, but share dilution raises eyebrows. Is it still a long-term cybersecurity winner?
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💸 Currency & bonds: Rand firms as US dollar weakens and SA bond yields drop. What does it mean for investors?
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