ANALYSE THIS: Gryphon Asset Management’s Casparus Treurnicht
We analyse Gryphon Asset Management portfolio manager Casparus Treurnicht
If someone came to you tomorrow with R100m to invest in just one company, which would it be? I don’t believe investing in single stocks. You can make much better long-term returns by buying the market when the time is right. Which talent would you most like to have? Ridiculous talent: the ability to predict human behaviour (as a group). Normal talent: better hand-eye co-ordination — I love cricket. What was your first job? Does selling vegetables when I was seven to the neighbourhood from my grandfather’s farm qualify? He paid me generously. If you could fix one thing in SA today, what would it be? Greed. From there SA would be relatively free of corruption and poverty, and have a more peaceful society. What’s the best investment you’ve ever made? To finish everything I’ve started. What’s your favourite song? Rise Above This by Seether. What travel experience is on your bucket list? One month travelling the US. If you found a lottery ticket tomorrow that had won $100m, what would yo...
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