Best and worst JSE Stocks Over the Last Decade
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๐ Worldwide Markets โ Episode 658
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26 November 2025
๐๏ธ Hosted by Simon Brown
๐ผ Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets & Shyft
๐ฅ This Week's Big Themes
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๐ JSE 10-year returns โ miners dominate!
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๐ฝ Nvidia results: great numbers, strange market reaction
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๐ฅ Harmony goes big on copper
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๐ ๏ธ SA Inc sleeper stock ready to run with GDP recovery
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๐ฆ Process/Tencent update: super-app dreams + buybacks
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๐ง Standard Bank launches new AI structured product
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๐ฏ Power Hour: Position your portfolio for 2026 (8 December)
๐ญ Invicta Results โ A Deep Value SA Inc Play
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๐๏ธ Capital equipment group with exposure to SA, EU, US & Asia.
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๐ Tariffs hit their China โ US shipments.
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๐ฐ Valuation extremely cheap:
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PE < 5
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Dividend yield > 3%
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Price-to-book: 0.7
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๐ง SA's weak GDP is the drag โ but a recovery to 1.8% โ 2% โ 3% could turn this into a major SA Inc winner.
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โ๏ธ Manufacturers sweating assets = more parts sold = small cyclical buffer.
๐ฅข Prosus / Naspers / Tencent โ Cash Flow Turns Positive
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๐ต First positive free cash flow ever โ +$59m vs -$104m.
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๐ฐ Billions of $ in cash reserves.
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๐ Food delivery (iFood, etc.) gaining scale + working toward a unified "super-app" model.
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๐งง Still overwhelmingly driven by Tencent, but:
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๐ฎ Tencent Games
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๐ต Tencent Music
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๐บ Online ads
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๐ฑ WeChat ecosystem
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๐ฅ Epic Games stake
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๐๏ธ TikTok-style platforms
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๐ Ongoing share buybacks funded by selling Tencent into Hong Kong.
๐ป Nvidia โ Big Beat, Yet the Stock Falls?
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๐ Beat on revenue, profit, and guidance โ classic Nvidia.
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๐ค But inventory jumped 32%, raising questions about demand visibility.
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๐ญ Meta reportedly exploring Google chips, with Amazon & Google also pushing their own silicon.
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โ ๏ธ Non-Nvidia chips = slower + higher power usage โ still "B-grade".
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๐ Technically:
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Support at ~$180
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Next support ~$166
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Further support ~$150s
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๐ Bubble chatter now turning into "yes, it is a bubble" โ but bubbles go UP before they pop.
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๐ Mag-7 200-day MA signals:
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Only Meta sits below (-10%).
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Microsoft almost there (+1.5%).
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Amazon also soft (+5%).
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๐ฅ Harmony โ From Gold to Copper Giant?
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๐ช Buying + building the Eva copper project in Australia.
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๐งฑ Production cost: $2.50/lb copper (vs spot ~$4.50โ$5.25).
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โ๏ธ Harmony is shifting from pure gold โ gold + copper, diversifying earnings.
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๐๏ธ Jimmy Moyaha's view:
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โ๏ธ Good blend of cyclical exposures
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โ๏ธ Some risk hedging between metals
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โ๏ธ Deep SA gold mines = harder + costlier โ copper is a logical hedge.
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๐ Copper = "metal of the future" (again) due to electrification & green tech.
๐ง Standard Bank AI Structured Product (Now Open!)
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๐งบ Basket:
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๐บ๐ธ US Tech (NASDAQ)
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๐จ๐ณ China Tech (KWEB)
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๐ธ Auto-call feature:
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Year 1: If both indices are positive โ 16% payout
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If not, each subsequent year with positivity โ 16% per year
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Max 5-year horizon = up to 80%
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๐ก๏ธ Capital protection:
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100% capital back if indices not more than 30% down at maturity
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๐ต Minimum: R25,000 (+ R1,000 increments)
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๐๏ธ Closing: 3 December 2025
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๐ Available via OST or your stockbroker.
๐ 10-Year JSE Winners โ The Miners Dominate
๐ฅ Top Performers (per-year returns, excluding dividends)
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๐ฅ Harmony Gold โ 43.5% p.a. (3600% total!)
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๐ฅ Gold Fields โ 37%
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๐ฅ Kumba Iron Ore โ 33% (42% incl. dividends)
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โ๏ธ Exxaro โ 28% + 12% dividends
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โ๏ธ Northam Platinum โ 28.5%
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๐ฌ๐ง Argent โ 27% (first non-miner)
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๐ผ African Rainbow Capital / Valterraย โ 25%
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๐ฆ Capitec โ 22.5% + dividends โ 24% total
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๐ ๏ธ Bell Equipment, Merafe, Sibanye โ strong ~19%+
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๐ Datatec โ 19% + 17% dividends โ 37%
๐ Big Losers (per-year declines)
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๐ช Eskom (ELI / ACO) โ -26%
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๐ฆ Nampak โ -18%
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๐๏ธ City Lodge โ -14.5%
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๐งช ArcelorMittal โ -14%
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๐ Aspen โ -10%
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๐ข๏ธ Sasol โ -10%
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๐๏ธ Balwin โ -7%
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๐ Famous Brands โ -7%
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๐งฑ PPC โ -5%
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๐ Pick n Pay โ -5%
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๐ฅ Netcare โ -4.8%
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๐งบ Woolworths โ 2.4% p.a. (only 1.4% incl. dividends)
๐ Top 40 โ 10-Year Benchmark Performance
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๐ 118% total return over 10 years
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๐ CAGR: 8.2% (โ10.5% incl. dividends)
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๐ Best period: 11.6% (2019)
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๐ Worst: ~3% during crisis
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๐ฏ Real return (CPI ~5%): โ7% โ very respectable.
๐ฃ Call to Action
๐ฌ Tell us in the comments:
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Which 10-year winners do you own?
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Which stats shocked you most?
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What's your best-performing JSE stock of the last decade?
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