I’m not sure how many readers dabble in the Cristal Challenge — the share-picking contest organised by stockbroking doyen David Shapiro on the Sasfin platform. I love this kind of thing, even if I don’t always cover myself in glory.

That said, I performed much better than on my debut entry last year, managing a respectable 28th out of 375 entries with a return of close on 38%. I picked Reunert, Blue Label Telecoms, Sabvest Capital, JSE and Brait. The selection certainly intimates that I was not terribly bullish about the JSE at the start of the year — if I were I would probably have gone with stalwart counters such as Clicks and Shoprite...

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