JSEDirect with Simon Brown

Simon Shares The announcement by the president that business will be able to build up to 100 megawatts of power without constraints is huge. Aside from the fact that the current limit is 1 megawatt, it will have three direct impacts; Estimates are that at least 4,000 megawatts can be built in 18-24 months. That is level 4 load shedding. So bye-bye load shedding. Tens of billions in spend aiding th...

Offshore / Markets spooked by FOMC statement / Gold under pressure / Brent crude slips but holding above $70 / TikTok owner ByteDance reports $2.1bn loss / Krispy Kreme returning to market with IPO / Adobe results Local / Rand under pressure / Capitec expects half-year earnings to rise 292% / Sephaku update and PPC results / Mediclinic to produce own power / Alexander Forbes results, retrenchments...

Simon Shares SAB Zenzele Kabili trading at R180, at least 3x fair value? Local GDP for the first quarter was 1.1% QoQ. Kinda middling. Stor-Age* (JSE code: SSS) results. Thungela Resources (JSE code: TGA) lists. AdaptIT (JSE code: ADI) gets an improved offer from Volaris - 700c. Life Healthcare (JSE code: LHC) bouncing again because of the Alzheimer drug. But it a very long road. Sirius Real Estat...

Offshore / U.S. economy added 559K jobs in May and unemployment fell to 5.8% / G7 nations set the minimum global corporate tax rate at 15% / AMC issues shares above the current share price / Biden expands blacklist to 59 Chinese companies / Apple staff back to work 3 days a week, starting September Local / Volaris ups offer to AdaptIT to 700c / Sibayne Stillwater to buy back 5% of shares / SARB se...

Simon Shares Sibanye Stillwater* (JSE code: SSW) announced they'll buy back 5% of their shares. Shoprite* (JSE code: SHP) exits Nigeria. AdaptIT (JSE code: ADI) gets an upgraded offer from Huge (JSE code: HUG) but still likes the 650c cash from Volaris, even as that is below the independent board's fair value of 700c - 909c. Barloworld (JSE code: BAW) completes R1billion sale of motor retail unit...

Simon Shares Somebody buying Metrofile (JSE code: MFL). Started late on Tuesday, sending it almost 13% on the day and holding Wednesday. Mediclinic (JSE code: MEI) paid £432m for 29.9% of Spire Healthcare (LSE code: SPI) in 2015. They're now supporting a buyout from a third party valuing that stake at £287.8m. Healthcare stocks earnings remain under pressure as elective surgery remains limited. Af...

Simon Shares Santova (JSE code: SNV) were very solid and they are now truly a global logistics business. Distell (JSE code: DGH) announced that Heineken wants a 'majority' stake in the company. Details are scant with major shareholders being PIC and Remgro (JSE code: REM) both just over 31%. But does the majority mean they want the cider business or +50% of the shares which would trigger a mandato...

Offshore / US inflation / Disney results / US pipeline shut down due to ransomware attack / UK rejects (softly) Bidens plan for global corporate tax rate / Chinese industrial production and retail sales due Monday Local / Naspers / Prosus share swap / Raubex results / Ascendis swaps debt for assets / Clicks buys Pick n Pay pharamacy business / Cape Town airport has best month since lockdown, still...

Simon Shares Raubex (JSE code: RBX) results saw the second half record HEPS of some 110c after a loss in the first half. The previous full-year, 2020, HEPS was only 161.7c, so the business is looking good. That said, lots of debt and the expanding order book needs to be converted into profit. Transaction Capital (JSE code: TCP) results see the dividend returning. A super-strong trading update from...

Offshore / US jobless claims below 500k, lowest since pandemic started. But overall employment slips to 6.1%, up from 6% in March. / Janet Yellen says rates will need to rise / ECB Official Calls for Accepting Inflation Overshoot / Saudi Aramco Q1 profits +30% / Gold +$1,800 Local / Moodys skips reviewing SA credit rating / MTN update / Sibanye Stillwater update / Kaap Agri results / Karooooo resu...

Simon Shares Purple Group* (JSE code: PPE) now has 1million clients across all platform. A wowzer number. What an incredible milestone achieved today. Across all platforms & partners we've reached 1 million registrations. @CapitecBankSA @SATRIX_SA @BidvestBankSA @EasyEquities hard to describe how grateful I am to all you #invstr legends that challenge us to rise each day. 🙏🙏🙏 — Charles H Savage...

Offshore / April a green month for US indices / Palladium almost $3k and copper almost $10k / Knock out results; Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet & Amazon / US Q1 GDP +6.4% / Biden 100 days Local / Resi10 the main local index green in April (midCap & Property did well) / Gilbertson quits Gemfields / Tongaat update, just misses debt reduction targets / Steinhoff to list Pepco in Warsaw / Astral update /...

Simon Shares Revego* (JSE code: RVG) was supposed to list today but has delayed their listing. I applied for allocation as I like the business model of renewable energy with guaranteed inflation-linked off-take agreements. They invest into operational renewable asset and are targeting a 8%-10% dividend yield, based off the 1000c listing price. * I hold ungeared positions. Total world ETF from Core...

Simon Shares South African inflation was 3.2% in March 2021. Pick n Pay (JSE code: PIK) results show it was all liquor and tobacco that was the pain as it was off 31%. Karooooo (JSE code: KRO) has returned after exiting as Cartrack. The market seemed confused as it opened at 6500c, it is now trading R480. Still well off the adjusted highs f over R900 as everybody got all excited about the Nasdaq l...

Offshore / Coinbase lists / China Q1 GDP 18.3% / Reports Jack Ma will divest from Ant Group / Gold looking strong, but miners lagging (Rand strength?) / Just more than half of U.S. adults have gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose ~ CDC Local / Rand strength / Karoooo lists on Wednesday / Capitec results / EOH looking better / Sasol goes green / Local CPI later this week

Simon Shares New Global ESG ETF from Sygnia . Anglo American (JSE code: AGL) to list their coal assets, Thungela Resources. Comair has finally been delisting from the JSE and shareholders will receive 4.26c per share. * I hold ungeared positions. Upcoming events; 15 April ~  Everything ETFs and tax-free investing Subscribe to our feed  here Subscribe or review us in  iTunes Capitec and Purple Grou...

Offshore / New highs for S&P500 & Nasdaq / Yellen wants global minimum corporate tax rate / Semi conducter chip shortage continues to hurt production / China slaps Alibaba with $2.8 billion fine in anti-monopoly probe / Goolge pushes back on WFT, wants staff back in the office from September Local / Prosus sells another 2% of Tencent / Purple results / IMF says local GDP 3.1% in 2021 and 2% in 202...

Simon Shares Prosus (JSE code: PRX) selling another 2% of Tencent. Purple* (JSE code PPE) trading update for six months ending February. HEPS of about 0.85c. They did 1.54c HEPS for full-year ending August after a loss in the first half last year. So this period showing slower growth. Growthpoint (JSE code: GRT) announced that their healthcare fund tops R3.2bn with Cintocare Hospital acquisition....

Simon Shares PPC (JSE code: PPC) have made a deal with their DRC lenders. They potentially owed US$175million but now are only on the hook for US$16.5million. This stock was 60c in November and is now around 240c. Renergen* (JSE code: REN) says helium concentration is +3%. But reference the US has the current best concentration level at 0.35%. Sabvest (JSE code: SBP) results show a discount to net...

Offshore / S&P500 closes at all-time high, Nasdaq still 6% off highs / US Personal Spending fell 1.0% in February, slightly more than expected, but January spending was revised upward by a full percentage point to 3.4%. / Ever Given remains stuck in Suez Canal / Intel to build new silicon chip fab plants for $20bn / Tencent results / WeWork to go public, via a Spac, with $9bn valuation Local / CPI...

Simon Shares AdvTech* (JSE code: ADH) solid results in a tough market. Vivo Energy (JSE code: VVO) issued an update on Moroccan industry review and seems it's back to square one. Resilient (JSE code: RES) results not the horror show expected. Aveng (JSE code: AEG) wants to do another rights issue, again at 1.5c and raise R100m. Tencent solid results. Ever Given gets stuck in the Suez Canal. Februa...

Simon Shares Shoprite* (JSE code: SHP) delivered really strong results for the six months ending December. Shoprite daily chart[/caption]Purple* (JSE code: PPE) is up some 20% in the last ten days. A buyer has arrived and thanks to low liquidity they're moving the price. Good update from AdVTech* (JSE code: ADH) and results fro Stadio (JSE code: SDO) while Curro (JSE code: COH) was modest. Seems t...

Offshore / $1.9trillion stimulus bill signed by Biden and on route / Tencent on notice as China cracks down on fintech players / The tech-heavy Nasdaq has underperformed the Dow for four straight weeks — a first since 2016 / Friday 1,357,111 people were screened at U.S. airports, marking the highest number of travellers since the pandemic began. / U.S. 10 Year Treasury hits 1.625 / Huawei listed a...

Simon Shares Ascendis (JSE code: ASC) lenders are flexing their muscle. Back in February L1 Health, Blantyre bought enough debt to be able to block any asset sales and with over R7billion in debt Ascendis desperately needs to sell their European crown jewels. There is now a forbearance agreement in place until the end of April by when the company needs to have sorted out their debt. A rights issue...

Offshore / NFP added 379k jobs (large beat) and US unemployment 6.2% (at this pace it'll take until April 2023 to get back to where we were in February 2020) / $1.9trillion stimulus bill approved by Senate / China sets 6% 2021 GDP target / Germany charges Steinhoff execs / UK taxes going up to highest in 50 years / Nasdaq is red year-to-date Local / One year of Covid, ZAR 40c weaker, Top40 +20% (b...