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Look both ways before you cross the BRICS Road
The ongoing shift in economic and political influence from the West, represented by the United States and the G7, to the East,...
Accrue Staff
May 15, 20238 min read


What Language do you dream in?
As technology continues to advance at a breakneck pace, we are witnessing the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various...
Accrue Staff
Apr 21, 20237 min read


Hotel California
By today’s standards, the story of US-listed CRM company Salesforce’s rise and rise is relatively uneventful. Like many Californian...
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Mar 13, 20238 min read


The Gale of Creative Destruction
We may look back on the year 2022 as the formative period for what drives investment returns over the next decade and longer. While it...
Accrue Staff
Nov 22, 20224 min read


No Shades of Grey
It is highly likely that South Africa will be “grey listed” by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in February next year. In short,...
Accrue Staff
Oct 20, 20227 min read


Looking Forward
The Ultimate Bottleneck? After the Global Financial Crisis, for a period of almost 14 years, funds investing in high growth shares such...
Accrue Staff
Jul 20, 20226 min read


The Great Rotation?
In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, and the easy monetary policy and stimulus which followed, it has been a relentless surge...
Accrue Staff
May 12, 20227 min read


Beware of Chasing Past Performance
This was South Africa’s best performing unit trust in 2021. You’ll never believe what happened next... You may not want to know what...
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Feb 22, 20225 min read


Does Forecasting Work?
In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, the Queen of England famously asked why economists failed to foresee the impending disaster....
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Nov 24, 202110 min read


Is There Still Opportunity in China?
Over the last year, Chinese equities have been battered after the Chinese government, directed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),...
Accrue Staff
Oct 15, 20218 min read


The Race to Space
Late in 2020, NASA led the establishment of what is known as the Artemis Accords. The intention here is to lay the groundwork for global...
Accrue Staff
Sep 16, 20215 min read


Understanding the Complexities of Naspers
Recently, Prosus shareholders announced that they had approved a deal with their parent company, Naspers, to effectively change the...
Accrue Staff
Aug 13, 20218 min read


Will the Tax Net Successfully Close on the Big Multinationals?
Benjamin Franklin famously said, “...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” This quote has become...
Accrue Staff
Jul 14, 20215 min read


Will the Infrastructure Drive Boost the SA Economy?
In September 2018, the South African government announced the Infrastructure Fund Initiative that is focused on transforming the...
Accrue Staff
Jun 11, 20219 min read


Make Eskom Great Again
In 2001, Eskom was named as the global power company of the year at the Global Energy Awards hosted by the Financial Times in New York....
Accrue Staff
May 21, 20216 min read


Slow & steady wins the race
South Africa has now been in a ‘demographic recession’ for six years because the population grew faster than the economy. Our population...
Accrue Staff
May 3, 20216 min read


Have You Heard About The Latest Investment Frenzy?
SPAC Attack SPACs, or ‘Special-Purpose Acquisition Company’, are the latest investment frenzy as investors ranging from hedge funds to...
Accrue Staff
Apr 19, 20216 min read


Do You Know How a REIT Works?
Listed property was the top performing local asset class over a period of 15 years from 2002 through to the end of 2017, outperforming...
Accrue Staff
Mar 15, 20215 min read


The GameStop phenomenon
This is a story about what the frenzy of crowds can do when sufficiently organized and have little to lose. In January 2021, GameStop...
Accrue Staff
Feb 12, 20218 min read


Why was 2020 a good year for investors?
Who would have thought that 2020 would be a strong year for investors? In the depths of the COVID panic the term ‘depression’ was bandied...
Accrue Staff
Jan 20, 20214 min read
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