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Finweek - English

The future of healthcare • A new vaccine trial is just one of many exciting developments in the field of biotechnology.

“THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY IS FOR THE CASE TO DRAG ON SO LONG THAT … HE’LL BE UNABLE TO CONTEST ANY POLITICAL POSITION.”

“[THERE ARE] FUNDAMENTAL CONCERNS ABOUT BEIJING’S COERCIVE AND UNFAIR ECONOMIC PRACTICES.”

“WE’VE NEVER SEEN NUMBERS LIKE THIS.”

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Movetech brings new efficiencies to furniture removals • LoadALot uses an ecosystem model, digitech and artificial intelligence to streamline the furniture removal process.

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Will Glencore’s heir apparent cut out his own way? • Gary Nagle is taking over a company facing pressure with investigations and the issue of thermal coal.

Electric vehicles: As green as they are made out to be? • Emissions are not confined to the exhaust alone. To be truly green, carmakers of electric vehicles must take a full lifecycle approach to emissions.

An industry worth its weight in gold • The mining industry is a huge contributor to SA’s tax total, but the government should do more to assist.

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Shopify reaps benefits for offshore fund • The portfolio is skewed to momentum stocks with solid managements and adherence to corporate governance.

An opportunity at last

Blue Label’s turnabout

Trading at attractive bullish levels

Debt doesn’t matter, until it does • There are some key ratios and other metrics regarding a company’s debt that investors should consider.

Simon’s stock tips • The founder and director of investment website JustOneLap.com, Simon Brown, is finweek’s resident expert on the stock markets. In this column he provides insight into recent market developments.

Should one opt for SA? • Schalk Louw gives an overview of the last decade and his take on whether the country is a good investment destination.

Bull dominates the JSE • The stock exchange may be strong, but the economy is experiencing

Winds of change blowing through the markets • New developments may radically change the way markets have been running up to now.

Unitising a portfolio to determine returns • As a decade of flat or low returns dawn on investors, Simon Brown gives a tip on how to easily determine your portfolio’s historic returns.

Is Bitcoin the new gold? • There is a way for retail investors to enter the market of cryptocurrencies. Extreme care should be taken, though.

WHERE TO GO WHEN THE MARKETS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE • The world is awash with cheap cash. An apparent disconnect between Wall Street (the financial markets) and the High Street (the real economy) is starting to make long-term investors anxious about what will happen once the risk-taking mood disappears. finweek asked investment professionals for some perspective.

What if … the economy collapses again?

THE ELECTRIC CAR AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT ON SA • The world is starting to race away from...