Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Calgro M3 | Merafe | Nampak | Pick n Pay | Schroder Real Estate | Southern Palladium | Trustco)
Pick n Pay is an absolute catastrophe. Calgro M3 is doing very well. Trustco lost its battle against the JSE. I charted the Merafe benchmark price over three years.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Ascendis | Delta Property | Kibo Energy | Orion Minerals | Renergen | Rex Trueform | Sasfin | Telemasters | York Timber)
It was a day of cockroaches on the JSE, with so many zombie listings releasing announcements. I covered all of them. Thankfully, I also had more interesting stuff to cover, like a Rex Trueform acquisition!
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Afrimat | Attacq | Barloworld | Burstone | Capitec | Emira | EOH | HCI | Heriot | Netcare | RCL Foods...
On an exceptionally busy day of news, we saw many property updates. There was also big stuff from Barloworld, EOH, Netcare and Spar, amongst others.
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Ghost Bites (Ascendis | Ethos Capital | Grand Parade | Old Mutual | Rebosis | York Timber | Wesizwe Platinum)
Ascendis may go private, but don't get excited. Brait is letting Ethos down. Grand Parade is focused on gaming. Old Mutual on the wrong end of savings culture. Rebosis sells properties at a discount. York gives tighter guidance. Wesizwe is in serious trouble.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (AngloGold | Ascendis | Bytes | Equites | Grindrod Shipping | Investec | Nampak | Vukile)
Bytes and Vukile released encouraging financial updates. Equites and Grindrod Shipping are busy with corporate deals. Nampak successfully raised capital. AngloGold is now in New York. Investec fixed a disclosure whoopsie.
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Ghost Bites (Gemfields | Investec | Life Healthcare | Quantum Foods | Texton Property Fund)
There's no interim dividend at Gemfields. Investec is growing, but especially in the UK. Life renewed its cautionary. Quantum is loss-making. Texton makes progress.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Astral Foods | Choppies | Discovery | Investec | MC Mining | Remgro | Trellidor)
Astral and Trellidor show just how hard it is out there. Choppies and Discovery also aren't shooting the lights out. Remgro managed to grow intrinsic NAV nicely. Investec and MC Mining round out the day.
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Ghost Bites (Bidvest | Hyprop | PPC | Southern Sun)
Bidvest is acquiring in Australia. Hyprop and PPC are taking strain in South African conditions, showing how broad the pressures are. Southern Sun is showing pricing power.
