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Sabvest > African Rainbow Capital

There are two types of investment holding companies: those where you invest alongside the management team, and those where you invest for the benefit of the management team.

Sabvest is the former, offering a 17% CAGR in net asset value over the past 15 years and 17.6% growth in the latest period. African Rainbow Capital has b een the latter, with a performance hurdle for the management team of just 10%. This was missed in the latest period, even though it could've been achieved by just buying government bonds with shareholder money.

There are no prizes for guessing which fund trades at a higher discount to NAV.

Other news in Ghost Bites this morning includes strong earnings from ADvTECH, Caxton, Exxaro, Hyprop and Investec. In mining news, AngloGold and Gold Fields want to create the largest gold mine in Africa and BHP's legal headache in the UK isn't going away. Ascendis has no debt for the first time since listing and PPC has made good p rogress with its debt. Finally, there isn't much twinkling at Libstar at the moment. Get all the details here>>>

The ECB hikes

The ECB kept its promise by hiking rates by 50 basis points despite the turmoil surrounding Credit Suisse. The ECB warned that some banks might come under pressure from these hikes, with the focus being put on managing inflation. The dollar traded stronger after the press conference, suggesting that the market is seeing a higher possibility again of a rate hike at next week's FOMC meeting. The rand had a somewhat uneventful day, s urprisingly.

TreasuryONE also highlights that all commodities (except gold) were in the red in afternoon trade, with Brent Crude below $73 a barrel.

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Is Aston Martin back on track?

With Fernando Alonso showing significantly more resilience and staying power than the Transaction Capital share price, Aston Martin is getting plenty of TV time in Formula One. Whether this will translate into more financial success for Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC is another story altogether, as that company's financial performance has been as checkered as the flag at the end of the race.

In the latest episode of Magic Markets, Barry Dumas of Trive South Africa joined us to discuss Aston Martin in the context of the luxury automobile industry. It's a really fun way to get revved up for the weekend! Enjoy it here>>>

With that, I wish you a great weekend.

Ghost Bites (ADvTECH | African Rainbow Capital | AngloGold and Gold Fields | Ascendis | BHP | Caxton | Exxaro | Hyprop | Investec | Libstar | PPC | Sabvest)

Sabvest beats ARC. Anglo and Gold Field want to create the biggest gold mine in Africa. ADvTECH, Caxton, Exxaro, Hyprop and Investec all released positive numbers. BHP has legal headaches. Ascendis is still loss making and PPC is under pressure.

Orbvest: where is the Rand/Dollar going?

The Rand has gone from bad to worse over the last month, but is it really a surprise? The R/$ has been especially volatile of late, but it's been a story of one step forward and two steps back.

Magic Markets Ep116: Aston Martin on Track? (with Trive SA)

Fernando Alonso can certainly drive, but he probably can't save the financial performance of Aston Martin Lagonda Holdings. But what can? And how does this luxury automobile industry work? Barry Dumas of Trive joined us for this discussion.

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Ghost Stories #8: Of Dark Stores and "Dark" Stores (with Roy Bagattini, CEO of Woolworths)

In this candid discussion with Woolworths CEO Roy Bagattini, we unpacked great insights into how the retailer is navigating this environment. This episode of Ghost Stories is brought to you by EasyEquities.

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Ghost Wrap 15 (Capitec | Standard Bank | Nedbank | AVI | Sea Harvest | Bidvest | Shoprite | STADIO | Renergen)

With major updates in the banking and fishing industries, it was an interesting week. Bidvest was perhaps the star of the week, while Shoprite struggling with load shedding. STADIO and Renergen also feature.

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