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Daily English South Africa Business · Investing
4,345 Episodes
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Bidvest cleans up during pandemic

Industrial conglomerate Bidvest, the operations of which span from cleaning services to property interests, upped its interim dividend after experiencing strong demand for hygiene-related services during Covid-19. The group raised its interim dividend 2.8% to 290c per share in its six months to end-December, about a R987m payout, benefiting from…
1 Mar 2021 11AM 13 min

Taperless tantrum in a teacup?

As we closed out February last week, the so-called taperless tantrum sent stocks tumbling and emerging market currencies weaker as the US Treasury yield briefly snuck above 1.6% on worries that inflation is just around the corner. Its worth casting our minds back to 2013, when the Fed was in…
1 Mar 2021 11AM 25 min

Bonds, budgets and bubbles

Are we in a stock market bubble? And if we are, what should investors do about it? Historically, it's always been hard to know how far a bull market can go. And value has proven to be a very weak read on which to lean, because value can go up…
26 Feb 2021 8AM 24 min

Budget moves away from tax and spend

The words of Harvard economist the late Martin Feldstein, who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and as chief economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan, are worth recalling at this time in South Arica’s development. Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output…
25 Feb 2021 11AM 25 min

The Brandfather

Jeremy Sampson, MD of Brand Finance Africa
25 Feb 2021 11AM 11 min

Budget Review

Annabel Bishop, Investec Chief Economist Peter Attard-Montalto, head of capital markets research at Intellidex And Keith Engel, the Chief Executive of SA Institute of Tax Professionals
25 Feb 2021 11AM 16 min

JSE delivers on promises to think outside the box

The Johannesburg Securities Exchange delivered a Strong performance in core business units for the full year, underpinned a 19% increase in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to R1.06 billion (2019: R889 million). The JSE’s record revenue during the period largely reflects the impact of increased market volatility…
25 Feb 2021 11AM 4 min

Covid-19 Dashboard

Prof Adrian Puren, head of the Centre for HIV and STIs at NICD
25 Feb 2021 11AM 4 min
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