CAPITEC BANK HOLDINGS LTD Business Profile Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. is a bank controlling company, which engages in the provision of retail banking services. It offers transactional banking services and loan products such as term loans, credit facilities, and credit cards. The company was founded by Michiel Scholtz du Pré le Roux on November 23,…

Domestic service delivery has been one of the most heated discussions in South Africa’s democratic history, of which Eskom has been top of the list. Eskom, the State-Owned Enterprise who is already slowly but surely drowning in debt, unable to expand their operations to meet the demands form a growing population and a growing economy…

Online Financial Advice – Only lets you see what you want to see Given the modern day and age we live in, most people have encountered some form of online shopping, browsing the web for specific products that you are looking for before going to the stores to purchase the item etc. All of the…

Asset allocation is arguably the most important aspect to take into consideration with regards to portfolio management, reaching the desired goals for the portfolio and accommodating the investment horizon of the portfolio. It has been long argued that a diversified portfolio is the best portfolio to mitigate the risk of market downturns and maximise the…

The USD (DXY Index) is one of the Prime market sentiment Indicators If we think about it, there’s not a very meaningful yield attached to holding USD. This is predominantly prescribed to the stability and reserve currency status that the USD holds. In other words, to store funds in a safe manner and receive all…

Tax increases will only get worse  The most recent 8%-12% tax increase proposal has many taxes paying South Africans worried about the future of their earnings and how the proposed tax increase will affect them. According to the proposal made by the social development minister, Lindiwe Zulu, every tax-paying South African citizen will have to…

Share Metrics and terms you need to know about! So, you’ve decided to make the first step and purchase your very own share of a publicly traded company. Congratulations! But, where do you actually start? Apart from the green and red candles you see on a chart, the other information presented to you when purchasing…

IMPERIAL LOGISTCS LTD Business Profile Imperial Logistics Limited provides integrated market access and logistics solutions in Africa, Europe, and Internationally. It offers outsourced integrated freight management services, such as road, air, and ocean freight management services; contract logistics services, including warehousing, distribution, and synchronization management; and sourcing, warehousing, distribution, synchronization, and transportation management services. The…

The Foreign Exchange market is the most influential market in the world! The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Nasdaq and the Tokyo stock exchange are the top three securities markets in the world with an average daily trading volume of $300 billion combed. Think that’s a lot of money? The Foreign Exchange (FX) market…

Enjoy it while it lasts Keen for a fun fact? Taking inflation into account, the United States Federal Reserve (The FED) has spent more money in the form of economic stimulus to recover from the global COVID-19 pandemic than it had spent on both world wars combined! As the rate of the global vaccine rollout…

The economic cycle is defined as the fluctuations of the economy between periods of expansion and contraction (recession). The most commonly used economic indicator to determine the current stage of the economic cycle is a country’s gross domestic product (GDP). There are other key economic indicators such as interest rates, unemployment and consumer spending to…