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South African shares: Is this the turning point?

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 12th, 2009 posted in: South Africa

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The present financial crisis has been with us for some time now and has affected virtually every sector of the economy, causing wide-spread damage. Developed economies like those in the US, Europe and Britain, as well as some emerging countries have already announced various bail-out packages and emergency measures to try and salvage [...]

Worst year ever for South African equity unit trusts

By Prieur du Plessis, on January 12th, 2009 posted in: South Africa

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According to a recent study done by Plexus Asset Management, 2008 has turned out to be the worst year ever for investors in rand-denominated domestic equity funds.

An analysis of the performance of unit trusts categorised under the various Association of Collective Investments (ACI) sectors for domestic equity funds shows that for [...]

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