Markets

2 years ago | October 14, 2022

Will Simbisa give VFEX the liquidity boost it needs?

Rufaro Hozheri The Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) operator domiciled in Zimbabwe but with a presence in nine (9) ...

2 years ago | October 7, 2022

September brings cheer to ZSE investors

Kudzanai Sharara They might not be smiling anymore, but stock market investors, at least those who bought the dip, ...

UK market loses £300bn in Truss’ first month

  A wild first month for Liz Truss’ government has seen at least £300 billion (US$340 billion) wiped from the ...

All that glitters at Padenga isn’t gold

Sylvester Mupanduki Born out of crocodile farms 6 decades ago, Padenga Holdings Limited emerged as the leading crocodile ...

2 years ago | September 30, 2022

ZSE: The big market rally out of nowhere

Nobody expected it. I certainly didn’t. At least not anytime soon. The big stock market rally came from nowhere! Just ...

Ornithology of monetary policy

Since ancient times, doves have symbolised peace and hawks aggression. During the Vietnam War, “hawks” became a widely ...

Takura taking starafrica back to its good old days

Sylvester Mupanduki The recent ZSE market drop has created some value plays. staraafrica has been one of the worst ...

2 years ago | September 23, 2022

ZSE: We’re most likely in the bottom-up period

Kudzanai Sharara The year 2022 has been a bruising one for equity markets, both locally and offshore. There’s been no ...

Brick by brick — Masimba believe in the vision

Silvester Mupanduki Masimba Holding’s half-year revenue for the period ended June 31 went up by 52 percent to $9, ...

Factors affecting investors right now

In the United States, government data last week showed that the annual increase in the consumer price index (CPI) had ...

2 years ago | September 16, 2022

Turnall minority buy out deal stinks

Sylvester Mupanduki In analysing investment options both for yourself as an investor and others, two things ...

Building investment portfolio

The importance of saving and investing from a young age cannot be emphasised enough, yet people are scared to start ...

2 years ago | September 9, 2022

Hippo Valley: Earnings not telling the real story

Sylvester Mupanduki Over 80 percent of Zimbabwe’s sugar cane crop is produced by two large Tongaat Hulett owned estates, ...

Economic anxiety shows up in Merriam-Webster’s latest dictionary ...

About once a year, Merriam-Webster adds new words to the dictionary. This September, 370 made it in. Some are related to ...

Economists weigh in on short-term future

Business Report interviewed three economists on their commodity outlook after bullish commodity prices earlier this year ...

2 years ago | September 2, 2022

Low capital intensity hampers Econet’s growth?

Econet Wireless is the leading Mobile Network Operator in the Zimbabwean market providing network (voice, data, SMS) ...

Planning for retirement

Over the past century, global life expectancy has increased by more than 25 years, and it continues to improve. Don’t ...

2 years ago | August 26, 2022

It’s a bear market, should we buy the dip?

Kudzanai Sharara As of Wednesday this week, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s market capitalisation had lost 52,77 percent ...

Avoid making these financial mistakes

Making financial mistakes is something we all regrettably do in varying degrees — some more serious than others. ...

2 years ago | August 19, 2022

Global mid-August market report

Stock markets rose significantly in July as investors increased bets that the Federal Reserve would begin slowing ...