This week Simon chats about the Finweek cover story, book ends with Alec Hogg (‘Tap dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything’), the separation of analysis from trading, the Merchantec CEO Confidence Index and more.
JSEDirect: Episode 98
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Simon chats this week’s Finweek cover (‘The World of Luxury Repos’), managing the risk of low liquidity stocks, what to do when the bottom falls out of your share, and investing into venture capital.
JSEDirect: Episode 97
May 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This week Simon chats about Finweek’s cover story, ‘What Eskom isn’t telling you’, stocks that will benefit from SA’s great tourism numbers, a new Platinum ETF from ABSA, and trading in the moment.
JSE Direct – Episode 93
April 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this edition of JSE Direct, Finweek contributor Simon Brown talks about the Finweek cover story “A Gautrain in Crisis” by James-Brent Styan and takes a look at what we can learn from Cyprus, as well as and FWX results. This weeks Bookends is with Carl Richards, author of “The Behavior Gap” and the link of the week is “Why ‘Making Money’ Should Not Be Your Investing Objective”.
JSEDirect: Episode #92
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In this week’s episode, Simon Brown talks to Finweek editor Marc Ashton about the latest Finweek cover, “Five Ways to Sex Up Small Business” by Jessica Hubbard. We bust the 2% myth, chat about being fully present when trading and in life and take a look at Vunani and Interwaste results. Our Bookends section is on “Civilization – The 6 Killer Apps of Western Power” by Niall Ferguson.
JSEDirect #90 – 14 March 2013
March 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
Simon chats the Finweek cover (SA’s media shake-up by Mandy de Waal), where to for gold, new index free float rules, sequester, Protech fair value, results from Clover and Bowler Metcalf and Bookends with Noah Greenhill: Different: Escaping the competitive herd by Youngme Moon. In this podcast you will find: Marc Ashton talking- SA’s media shake-up by Mandy de Waal
Taking The Gap – 4 December
December 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Keeping on the right side of the Consumer Protection Act CPA. It is an important piece of legislation, but does business know what the implications are? Are you fully compliant and do your staff know the rules?
JSEDirect: Episode 77
November 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Simon chats about the Finweek cover story, results from Ansys and B&W Instrumentation and Electrical, plus this week’s link on how to build a trading plan.
Taking the Gap: 20 November
November 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Simon chats the power of a simple ‘thank you’ and how it can help you and your business stand out, plus ’5 Essential Legal Tips for Tech Companies.’
Taking the Gap: 13 November
November 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Simon chats to Andy Hadfield about raising capital for start-ups in South Africa, rewarding staff with time off and brings this week’s link on ‘returnships’.
