Wednesday, February 4, 2026

The Pony Express: you can’t outrun progress

From galloping horses to "typing..." bubbles, we’ve spent centuries chasing faster ways to communicate. Clarity, it turns out, hasn’t kept the same pace. Still, a difficult recent WhatsApp exchange reminded Dominique Olivier that it used to be much harder to send a message. This is the tale of the Pony Express.

Davos 2026 | Navigating the new disorder

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos offered fewer illusions, and more realism. The rules-based order is no longer assumed. Geopolitics is now embedded in balance sheets. Scale matters. Delivery matters more. Jeremy Maggs talks to Investec Group Chief Executive Fani Titi on the final episode of Investec's Davos Debrief series.
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GHOST WRAP – Earnings season brings out the bulls and the bears

With the August / September earnings season behind us, it's helpful to look at share price moves over the past 30 days on the JSE to see how sentiment has shifted. The PGMs have driven the Top40 higher, while insurance has taken a breather.

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?
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