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Good Morning Voornaam,

I'm not going to play games this morning. For some reason, half the companies on the JSE conspired to make my life almost impossible yesterday, releasing a huge number of updates on the same day.

There are so many insights in them, ranging across the retail, mining, property and other industries. We've got everything from Alphamin's production update through to Nampak's news of a reduced (but still gigantic) proposed rights offer. We even have another board committee at Spar, a company that now has a governance structure so complicated that even President Ramaphosa would be shocked (and a little jealous of it).

For the latest from Advanced Health, Alphamin, Capital & Counties, Italtile, Nampak, Pan African Resources, Pepkor, Spar and Tongaat (and breathe...), read Ghost Bites this morning>>>

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A risk-off start to the week

SENS may have been on fire yesterday, but emerging market currencies couldn't say the same thing. The market started the week cautiously, with US treasury yields moving higher ahead of the Fed and ECB rate decisions this week. The US non-farm payroll number is due at the end of the week.

In a busy week for data, TreasuryONE notes that the rand is trading weaker and was almost at the R17.40 level, before improving to trade at R17.34. Gold has come off its multi-year high and is trading at $1,936 per ounce as investors await the Fed.

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Financial planning for gig workers

In an interesting and highly relevant article by Duma Mxenge of Satrix, the financial needs of so-called "gig workers" are in the spotlight. Characterised by income volatility and a higher level of financial risk than those in traditional corporate roles, gig workers need to think about financial planning differently. Read more here>>>

Have a great day and enjoy the Ghost Mouthful this morning, nevermind Ghost Bites!

Ghost Bites (Advanced Health | Alphamin | Capital & Counties | Italtile | Nampak | Pan African Resources | Pepkor | Spar | Tongaat)

With multiple company updates, we have insights into local consumer spending, mining production at the likes of Alphamin and Pan African Resources and capital raising plans at Nampak.

Gig workers need financial solutions that address income volatility

The global move to a gig economy has accelerated in recent years as workers exit formal employment in favour of flexible freelance work or take on freelance assignments in addition to their main jobs

Ghost Wrap #9 (Renergen | The Foschini Group | Truworths | Clicks | Lewis | Astral Foods | ArcelorMittal)

Welcome to your whirlwind update on the most interesting stories on the JSE in the past week, brought to you by Mazars.

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Magic Markets Ep109: 2023 Ideas with Herenya

Petri Redelinghuys joined us to talk about the 2023 outlook and the impact of load shedding in South Africa, with some silver linings along the way.

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