The retail sector is always an interesting sector to analyse. Reason for this is that it is a proxy for the health of the consumer. I have taken two shares to illustrate how investors have bought the defensive retailers and avoided or sold the more cyclical retailers. Shoprite has maintained its uptrend while Woolies […]
I often get asked by my clients how you look at the whole market and know which shares to trade. So I decided to give some insights on how to keep an eye on the markets. Firstly I suggest start by compiling a good watchlist of shares that you want to follow and have done […]
The Allshare Index trend is Up on the weekly analysis and still has a Weak price relative to the Dow Jones Industrial index. It currently trades below its 50 week moving average of 54607.86 which would form the short term support level in the case of a pullback. Overview of the Allshare Index Recent […]
The commodities shares have been moving higher and this was due to higher commodity prices. The price of copper, crude oil, silver and the platinum group metals are all higher since the start of the year. What makes this industry so cyclical is the supply and demand factors at play in this sector. The supply […]
Lately we are hearing that global markets are high and that we need a correction. This is something we should not ignore for a few reasons: US Federal reserve bank could raise rates again and also unwind more Quantitative easing North Korea seems to ignore sanctions warnings and keeps firing missiles Historically September and October […]
Aspen Pharmaceuticals is a share that has gone sideways to lower over the past eighteen months. This share is publishing its results on Thursday 14 September and should give us an indication of the “health” of the share. The expectation is for an increase in headline earnings of between 18% and 22%. The chart is […]
The instrument we are looking at this week is the Alsi 40 near dated future. The Alsi has been an index of two halves with commodities and Naspers moving higher and retail and financial shares moving sideways or lower. The Alsi looks like it is in the beginning of a consolidation phase and the key […]
Johann Kruger Forex Mentor Have you ever come across the following trading scenario? You start to trade into the right direction of the trend when an important news announcement is released… You find yourself on the wrong side of the market, or it appears to you that you are on the wrong side […]
Nicolle Wepener Mentor and Presenter Nicolle has been trading everything that moves since she first started learning about the financial markets through Share Direct in 2007. A financial market prodigy, Nicolle left the South African Navy to Invest and trade full time. She now leads hundreds of others towards financial independence through our guided Mentorship […]
Nicolle Wepener Mentor and Presenter Nicolle has been trading everything that moves since she first started learning about the financial markets through Share Direct in 2007. A financial market prodigy, Nicolle left the South African Navy to Invest and trade full time. She now leads hundreds of others towards financial independence through our guided Mentorship […]
