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Carly Barnes - Relationship Manager at EasyEquities - Joined the BizNews Power Hour to chat about the performance of stocks for the past month. Carly said the Purple Group is the second most bought stock in, Sasol being at number one. Sasol released a trading statement recently expecting earnings to up by 20%.

Carly Barnes - Relationship Manager at EasyEquities - Joined the BizNews Power Hour to chat about the performance of stocks for the past month. Carly said the Purple Group is the second most bought stock in, Sasol being at number one. Sasol released a trading statement recently expecting earnings to up by 20%.

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First Rand's share price dropped 4% to R51 a share on Friday. Kokkie Kooyman, a banking analyst at Denker Capital, joined the BizNews Power Hour to share his analysis and said it is not a requirement to announce these changes as it is fairly a small transaction.

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First Rand's share price dropped 4% to R51 a share on Friday. Kokkie Kooyman, a banking analyst at Denker Capital, joined the BizNews Power Hour to share his analysis and said it is not a requirement to announce these changes as it is fairly a small transaction.

Time is running out to take advantage of a rare tax deduction that allows you to chop your income tax bill - in exchange for investing in a South African venture capital company. In this interview, you'll hear from South African entrepreneur Gidon Novick, who started Kulula and Lift, about a 12J fund that is developing upmarket retirement homes in Johannesburg and Cape Town. He has his own money in the fund. After you've listened to the interview, go to the BizNews.com 12J section for full details and to register your interest in the investment.

Time is running out to take advantage of a rare tax deduction that allows you to chop your income tax bill - in exchange for investing in a South African venture capital company. In this interview, you'll hear from South African entrepreneur Gidon Novick, who started Kulula and Lift, about a 12J fund that is developing upmarket retirement homes in Johannesburg and Cape Town. He has his own money in the fund. After you've listened to the interview, go to the BizNews.com 12J section for full details and to register your interest in the investment.

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Mushroom farmer Peter Nyathi is on a mission to get more people, especially within the black community, to eat more mushrooms. He says SA is trailing far behind - in terms of consumption - relative to countries like Australia and the United States. Judging from the trend to substitute mushrooms for meat and that fungi is seen as a substitute for leather (as seen recently in a Stella McCartney fashion show) he has spotted a lucrative market. Nyathi's Tropical Mushrooms employs 175 people and supplies 364 stores in Gauteng with mushrooms. He told BizNews where his love of mushrooms started.

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Mushroom farmer Peter Nyathi is on a mission to get more people, especially within the black community, to eat more mushrooms. He says SA is trailing far behind - in terms of consumption - relative to countries like Australia and the United States. Judging from the trend to substitute mushrooms for meat and that fungi is seen as a substitute for leather (as seen recently in a Stella McCartney fashion show) he has spotted a lucrative market. Nyathi's Tropical Mushrooms employs 175 people and supplies 364 stores in Gauteng with mushrooms. He told BizNews where his love of mushrooms started.

US stocks rose, pushing the S&P 500 to a record, as investors cheered encouraging data on the economy, a strong batch of corporate earnings and the prospect of as much as $1.8 trillion in new government spending. Investors have spent much of the month grappling with two competing dynamics: signs of a strong economic rebound, particularly in the U.S., and worsening Covid-19 cases elsewhere in the world that threaten to hamper the global recovery. Speaking to Jackie Cameron of BIzNews to help make sense of developments for investors is US expert on stock market cycles, Dr Richard Smith, CEO of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles. He says Coinbase could easily become the Tesla of the cryptoworld and shares why there's been a seismic shift in the digital world. He also weighs in on the S&P500, which has been powering up - and cautions that the risks of investing in US stocks now are very high.

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US stocks rose, pushing the S&P 500 to a record, as investors cheered encouraging data on the economy, a strong batch of corporate earnings and the prospect of as much as $1.8 trillion in new government spending. Investors have spent much of the month grappling with two competing dynamics: signs of a strong economic rebound, particularly in the U.S., and worsening Covid-19 cases elsewhere in the world that threaten to hamper the global recovery. Speaking to Jackie Cameron of BIzNews to help make sense of developments for investors is US expert on stock market cycles, Dr Richard Smith, CEO of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles. He says Coinbase could easily become the Tesla of the cryptoworld and shares why there's been a seismic shift in the digital world. He also weighs in on the S&P500, which has been powering up - and cautions that the risks of investing in US stocks now are very high.