Saturday, July 19, 2025

Ghost Stories #64: Beyond the S&P 500 – emerging market opportunities (with Kingsley Williams of Satrix)

With half of 2025 in the rearview mirror, it's been a period in which investors have actively looked for opportunities beyond the United States. That's good news not just for alternatives like Europe, but emerging markets like India and China as well. Kingsley Williams joined me to talk about the key drivers and opportunities in each of those markets.

The boxer and the million-dollar burger

What did George Foreman, the man who once flattened Joe Frazier in two rounds, know about small kitchen appliances? Apparently, quite a lot - at least when it came to selling them. Dominique Olivier tells the story of George Foreman Grill, a wild success for Salton that made the boxer fabulously wealthy.
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GHOST WRAP – The JSE Winners’ Club in 2025

At the halfway mark in 2025, we've lived through some huge geopolitical shifts. The world's gaze has shifted beyond just the US market. Many investors choose to stick with what they know in times like these. This means homegrown favourites on the JSE. But which stocks have been the big winners thus far this year, and what do they have in common?

GHOST WRAP – April’s droppers and whoppers

There may have been many public holidays in April, but that didn't stop the market from reacting to the broader geopolitical turmoil. With recession concerns as a key theme, which stocks did well and which ones delivered a nasty drop? This podcast is an overview of recent big share price moves among larger local companies on the JSE, revealing some interesting trends. Ghost Wrap is brought to you by Forvis Mazars.
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