Simon Brown
talker, investor, trader, photographer, writer, chocolate eater, wine drinker I spend time on @JustOneLap @BusinessDayTV @Moneyweb @FinancialMail
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3 days ago |
businesslive.co.za | Simon Brown
Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers. Last week the monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank cut the prime lending rate by 0.25%, as expected. In the announcement, governor Lesetja Kganyago discussed many of the risks to inflation, most of which are beyond our control, such as the oil price, tariffs and deglobalisation.
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5 days ago |
estatesgazette.co.uk | Simon Brown
COMMENT Things are looking up for the central London office investment market, with investment volumes having rebounded significantly in the first quarter of this year. In fact, it was the strongest start to the year since 2022. The larger-end of the market, typically reliant on debt-backed investors, has been particularly negatively impacted in recent years.
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1 week ago |
businesslive.co.za | Simon Brown
The most obvious is when we buy a home for R1m at, say, an 11% interest rate over 20 years. The monthly repayment is R10,322 and we focus on the R1m price and the monthly instalment. But over those 20 years we actually pay almost R2.5m. And this ignores the transfer costs upfront and agent fees when selling, insurance, maintenance and general upkeep. In short, your R1m home needs to sell for more than R2.5m for you to break even. And you’d probably lose money because of inflation.
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2 weeks ago |
businesslive.co.za | Simon Brown
YOUR MONEY The most important number to keep an eye on right now is not the gold price, global indices or even Brent. It is the 10-year US Treasury yield, which, as I write, is at 4.531%. Importantly, this is the secondary market, so this is not the rate that the US Treasury is directly paying on its 10-year debt; this is buyers and sellers in the open market pushing the yield higher.
Standard Bank Power Hour: Trading as a Side Hustle; Know your Derivatives (CFDs, Futures & Warrants)
3 weeks ago |
justonelap.com | Simon Brown
Last year we did a Standard Bank Power Hour on trading as a side hustle in which Simon Brown went into detail in Unlock the Secrets of Trading as a Side Hustle and another on trading psychology. This was followed by an introduction to charting with Moxima Gama and now we’re following up with a fourth event for traders. Simon again presents and he’ll cover the use of derivatives in trading. What are they, how do they work and the different risk and cost profiles?
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