Crookes Brothers: Mind the banana peel

It’s easy to slip up with an agribusiness investment, but Crookes Brothers could offer a welcome harvest

The Mustek mystery — is someone prowling?

A new party seems to have become interested in the company and has quickly grown to be the largest shareholder

WARWICK LUCAS: Structured deposits: a rose by another name

These products consist of a bond or fixed income security and a riskier asset such as an equity index with a dollop of optionality

The art of the interest rate cycle

Art as an investment is essentially finding valuable islands in a sea of losses

A curated approach to fund management

Momentum’s Curate funds are designed to be building blocks rather than one-stop ‘solutions’ for financial advisers

Awful August for investment companies

US growth concerns and Japanese rate hike spook markets

A brighter future for the new-look Shaftesbury?

The combined entity has several new opportunities for growth and redevelopment

Mr Price looking smarter on the outside

Mr Price looks smarter but don't hit that sell button on a short yet

On the Cashbuild rollercoaster

The company offers a lesson in investing in consumer discretionary businesses: you need a strong stomach

Deneb: a web of resilience

Operating profit has more than doubled over the past five years but diverse group Deneb could do with a macro boost

Afrimat: Sour and sweet

External factors, including the iron ore price, have not been kind to Afrimat. But better days are ahead

Solid full-year results in view for AVI

Strong brand power and reviewing and simplifying its business have stood the group in good stead

Companies in trouble: opportunities or danger?

The turnaround record is not encouraging, but a few investors who ventured in have done well

Pick of the Month: Hudaco is ready to take advantage of green shoots

It has been left on the sidelines in the recent mid-cap stock market rally, but that creates opportunity

ANTHONY CLARK: GNU hope may lead to construction bounce

Sanral, for example, seems to want to build roads to a better future