JAMIE CARR: Tesla leading the charge
Leading the charge in the equity realm is Tesla, whose market cap has now hit $834bn, making Elon Musk the world’s richest man (on paper)
JAMIE CARR: Amazon is uniquely compelling
Bezos’s delivery vans are doing a job that would make old Saint Nick proud
JAMIE CARR: Nampak not showing much bottle
Nampak’s results were clobbered by the lockdowns across all its geographies, with reduced economic activity coming on top of an already shaky economic climate
JAMIE CARR: Purple Group shows how to beat the blues
Purple’s EasyEquities business grew its funded retail investment accounts 86%
JAMIE CARR: Behind humble Spar Group’s ‘extraordinary performance’
Spar’s switch to higher-margin grocery and fresh categories boosted profits
JAMIE CARR: Airbnb walking on air again
Airbnb is now sitting on more forward bookings than it had at this time last year
JAMIE CARR: Boeing approaching a crash-landing
The company is scrambling to save money wherever it can, but there is no prospect of a meaningful recovery until governments move away from lockdowns
JAMIE CARR: Tough times good for Santova
Despite all the difficulties thrown up by operating with the rapidly changing constraints of the pandemic, the group has had a strong interim period
JAMIE CARR: Clicks hair-ad fiasco is solitary blip
Despite, or possibly because of an eccentric product mix, Clicks is a remarkable competitor
JAMIE CARR: Cartrack on the high road to success
Despite the operational difficulties caused by lockdowns and travel restrictions, the company was able to grow subscriber numbers by 13% year on year to just ...
JAMIE CARR: PSG Konsult suited to new environment
The company is in a strong financial position that should lead to further growth
JAMIE CARR: Ellies Holdings on the ropes
Ellies is looking into opportunities thrown up by more consumers being home based
JAMIE CARR: Sasol battered by more bad news
What Sasol needed was a bit of breathing space; instead it got Hurricane Laura
JAMIE CARR: Gemfields Group struggling to stay afloat
Its ruby mines have been unable to hold their usual June auction, and have therefore generated zero revenue in the period
JAMIE CARR: Shoprite goes from zero to Sixty60
It has become SA’s No 2 shopping app, with about 620,000 downloads
JAMIE CARR: Ray of light for City Lodge
The company is hoping that business will start to pick up now that interprovincial leisure travel is allowed, with lockdown moving to level 2
JAMIE CARR: Northam Platinum firmly in the pound seats
Despite the impact of mine and production stoppages due to the lockdown, it has cruised to record-shattering performances across the board
JAMIE CARR: Standard Bank hammered by the economy
Standard Bank’s results may not look pretty, but it is the result of what the company describes as “the worst economic shock in living memory”
JAMIE CARR: Sasol’s birthday may be a bit glum
Covid-19 and low oil and chemical prices saw splashes of red on the income statement
