Markets

2 months ago | February 3, 2023

Pros, cons of privatisation of public institutions

Blessing Nyatanga Introduction Privatisation refers to the transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to ...

Bitcoin jumps to highest since August in post-Fed crypto rally

Bitcoin hit the highest since August as investors interpreted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments about ...

Ecocash targets digitalising US dollar transactions

Rufaro Hozheri The word dollarisation has many meanings to a lot of Zimbabweans occupying different spaces in the ...

2 months ago | January 27, 2023

First 6 months for gold coins: Time for a reality check

Rufaro Hozheri One of the biggest challenges we face in Zimbabwe, especially with the so-called learned individuals, is ...

Effect of interest rates on ZSE performance

Blessing Nyatanga The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is an avenue for efficient capital mobilisation and allocation through ...

Investor sentiment shifting in favour of emerging markets

The global investment tide is turning in favour of emerging markets, delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos ...

Markets update

Enacy Mapakame Equities on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) traded positive during the week with all benchmark indices ...

2 months ago | January 20, 2023

The dilemma in corporate governance

Blessing Nyatanga Introduction Financial institutions are always in a dilemma when it comes to who to give higher ...

Market share battle continues . . . OK Zim takes over Food Lovers

Rufaro Hozheri There was a time when, if you thought of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) retail outlets you would most ...

Five investment portfolio risks for 2023

Let’s be honest: 2022 was a difficult and unpleasant year. The investing environment hasn’t altered just because the ...

2 months ago | January 19, 2023

Market records losses on Wednesday

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro The ZSE All Share Index lost a further 237.10 points (1,09 percent) to close at 21 438.71 points. ...

3 months ago | January 13, 2023

Into the construction frenzy

  Rufaro Hozheri There is probably no doubt that Zimbabwe, in the past half-decade or so, has witnessed a ...

Biggest ever bear market bounces

A disaster for bulls, the yearlong tumble in American stocks has in some respects been almost as rough for the other ...

World Bank maintains Zim’s economic growth target

Nelson Gahadza Senior Business Reporter The World Bank (WB) has maintained that Zimbabwe’s economy will grow by 3,6 ...

3 months ago | January 6, 2023

Who is who amongst the best dividend paying firms in 2022

Once a company declares a profit, it is faced with two choices either to give it back to the owners of the company or to ...

The A-Z of buying investment property

The decision to invest in buy-to-let property should be a carefully considered one. Besides the associated costs of ...

3 months ago | December 30, 2022

Stock markets deepening in 2022, a win for investors 

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro The local stock market activity in 2022 was a muddled one with the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) ...

ZSE & VFEX: A case of competing or complementing?

 Rufaro Hozheri It has been barely three years after its launch, the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) already made ...

4 months ago | December 16, 2022

Zim’s position in the export market

Rufaro Hozheri Did you know that in 2021, Zimbabwe received foreign receipts worth US$9,7 billion, with the majority of ...

Can Rent-to-Own offer an affordable path to homeownership

The last decade has been turbulent one for the global housing market. First came the COVID pandemic, which created a ...