So to summerise, gold is more popular than sex, oil companies are all going bankrupt due to a glut, and the USD is going to zero. It all sounds so logical in the moment. It's funny.
[BREAKING] Ratings agency Fitch has upgraded South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings from 'BB-' to ‘BB’ with a stable outlook. This is the first upgrade from the ratings agency in nearly 21 years. Tune in to #eNCA, channel #DStv403.
Despite delivering double-digit profit growth and over R1 billion in revenue from its Leading Brands division, analysts still believe that Famous Brands – which owns Steers, Wimpy, and Debonairs – remains undervalued.
https://t.co/vuW8yR2Ry3
Top performers in 2025
Google +70%
Sibanye +62%
Tesla +48%
Harmony +38%
Purple +34%
ABSA +30%
Various other names with less than 20% gains( like Kumba, Tharisa, Thungela, Nedbank, Standard Bank…too many to list)
Top underperformers(losers)
Enx -15%
Foschini -12%
Blu -10%
Renergen -10%
Lifehealthcare -10%
Merafe -7%
Few other names below 6%(Lesaka, Frontier, Outsurance, Truworths and Afrimat)
Share portfolio beating the top 40, although not an appropriate benchmark🌚. All returns are before any dividends, Enx returns distorted by this measure.
Crypto portfolio which is mostly in Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, Polkadot, Cardano and Near is down 35% this year. Also hold various other names and returns are before rewards
Trying to get the overall portfolio to be about 67% to 75% invested in crypto over the next year especially with a lot down between 20% and 80% just over the past year.
Also looking at bringing in some of the more established tech names that have fallen out of favor with the market into the portfolio.
The Foschini Group has recorded a massive decline in earnings amid worsening trading conditions in South Africa, the UK and Australia. https://t.co/0tTU77JMYd
Clicks Group has lost over R19 billion in market value in five months, with its share price dropping by more than 8% in a single day after disappointing interim results.
https://t.co/8iakWIAuC8
South African tech stock that went from R110 to the bargain bin
PSG Wealth's Schalk Louw said what happened at iOCO, formerly known as EOH, between 2018 and 2024 was an "absolute shame".
https://t.co/AuiAfGMynn