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[TOP STORY] Famous Brands revenue, profits ahead of pre-pandemic numbers

While customers may now take smaller fries or less wine with their meals, they still want that quick-service restaurant experience: CEO Darren Hele.

27 Oct 2022 3AM 6 min

Don't fret rand levels when taking cash offshore

Absa's Carmen Mpelwane talks Bytes's results that saw the stock down over 10%. Darren Hele of Famous Brands unpacks results as it returns to pre-pandemic levels. Wayne Sorour from Old Mutual chats when to buy hard currency.

27 Oct 2022 12AM 19 min

[TOP STORY] Interest rates at 4% don't solve 7% inflation

‘As much as the pandemic can hammer a society very, very hard in a short time, inflation can be a slow-grinding burn’: Adrian Saville – Genera Capital.

26 Oct 2022 3AM 6 min

China risky but worth a look

Karl Gevers, independent analyst, unpacks the TFG update. Adrian Saville of Genera Capital talks the impact of higher rates on interest costs for sovereigns and corporates. Sanisha Packirisamy from Momentum Investments asks if the MTBPS can propel growth and improve our credit rating.

26 Oct 2022 12AM 20 min

[TOP STORY] Stokvels have evolved

FNB Cash Investments’ Sifiso Nkosi describes ‘how we harness that savings power to ensure that all South Africans and I guess Africans on the continent can use this platform to get through their financial journey’.

25 Oct 2022 5AM 5 min

Crypto assets to be treated the same as other stocks.

Faheema Adia from Momentum on Altron's results and Dis-Chem's trading update. Sean Saunders from Revix on the FSCA's decision to declare crypto assets a 'financial product'. FNB's Sifiso Nkosi unpacks whether a stokvel should be part of your savings and investment strategy.

25 Oct 2022 1AM 20 min

[TOP STORY] In these scary times investors should be stocking up

‘When you're investing, stick to the course and try to drown out the noise and the scariness of the market, and try not to change your allocation too dramatically based on contemporaneous news’: Nick Katzke – Satrix.

24 Oct 2022 3AM 6 min

Where to find opportunity in niche Reits

FNB's Chantal Marx talks Spear Reit results, is there value in smaller niche Reits? Nico Katzke from Satrix talks markets as uncertainty creates opportunities for offshore return diversification. Claire Klassen from Momentum Metropolitan on the state of financial literacy in South Africa.

24 Oct 2022 1AM 21 min

[TOP STORY] What will the finance minister prioritise in the October MTBPS?

It’s about spending what we've got wisely, and then the old, old thing about making sure that we can implement: Maarten Ackerman at Citadel.

21 Oct 2022 3AM 9 min

Nothing good in Sasol’s update, does that offer opportunity?

RMB's Matete Thulare on the Sasol production and sales update as it declares force majeure. Citadel’s Maarten Ackerman on investors' wish lists ahead of next week's MTBPS. Simon gives his thoughts on construction stocks.

21 Oct 2022 1AM 20 min

[TOP STORY] We think we've got it bad – what about inflation in the US & UK?

At its next meeting I think Sarb's MPC will have no choice but to increase rates by at least 0.5 basis points; at this stage it's not about inflation and what it causes, it's about the exchange rate’: Chris Harmse of CH Economics.

20 Oct 2022 3AM 6 min

Data shows infrastructure spending lags budget allocation

Herenya Capital Advisors's Petri Redelinghuys on Telkom being ditched by MTN and its shares collapsing. Dr Chris Harmse of CH Economics talks local inflation moving a little lower, as well as the UK's 10.1% inflation. Chris Campbell from Consulting Engineers South Africa on the lack of implementation from government on…

20 Oct 2022 1AM 22 min

[TOP STORY] Microsoft very different from its late-90s heydays

We are seeing the transition of the business from product sales to cloud sales, from once-off sales into annuity contracts, with all the economics in its favour: Keith McLachlan of Integral Asset Management.

19 Oct 2022 5AM 6 min

CMH reports record profits thanks to boom in car hire

Gary Booysen from Rand Swiss unpacks Pick n Pay's results and why the market didn't like them. CMH's Jebb McIntosh on the company's record results as car hire booms. Integral Asset Management's Keith McLachlan chats why he's buying Microsoft.

19 Oct 2022 1AM 20 min

[TOP STORY] After a painful Q3, consumers can't look to a good festive in Q4

It's distressing that some 60% of households need to repeatedly turn to family and friends for help, ultimately negatively affecting interpersonal relationships and work performance: Johann van Tonder, economist for Financial Wellness at Momentum.

18 Oct 2022 3AM 5 min

Calgro M3 to start building units on Sandton's doorstep

Independent analyst Jimmy Moyaha on M&R's collapse as it expects profits to be at least 100% lower. Wikus Lategan from Calgro on results as it maintains strong GP margins. Johann van Tonder from Momentum talks the state of SA consumer finances as it improved slightly in Q3 2022.

18 Oct 2022 1AM 19 min

[TOP STORY] Africans seek to develop their financial markets

The Absa Africa Financial Markets Index assesses levels of openness and development across 26 African countries: Anthony Kirui – head of global markets, Africa Regional Operations, Absa.

17 Oct 2022 4AM 6 min

Invest in companies not countries

Sanlam's Nick Kunze on the effects of the economic U-turn by UK Prime Minister Liz Truss. Absa's Anthony Kirui talks the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index which shows improving market infrastructure in the majority of African countries. John Rose from IZA Wealth on how investing is about companies not countries.

17 Oct 2022 1AM 19 min

[TOP STORY] Looking at Grindrod, Transnet, US inflation, jobs and interest rates

I think that the Fed is still far from over-hiking; if they don't get inflation under control the economy will go into recession: Mia Kruger – Kruger international.

14 Oct 2022 4AM 6 min

Karooooo sees 7% drop in client miles driven as economy bites

Kruger International's Mia Kruger talks Grindrod's latest update and US inflation data. Zak Calisto from Karooooo on results as profits hold firm. Simon offers his thoughts on the IMF's statement that 'the worst is still to come'.

14 Oct 2022 1AM 19 min