Evolving insurance industry in South Africa

KPMG, global audit and advisory services firm, recently revealed the findings of its annual South African insurance industry survey, reporting robust financial results for both life and non-life insurers for 2010. According to the survey, there are...

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SA Inflation on the rise once again

FOOD and beverage inflation from July last year to July this year was at its highest level since July 2009, according to the National Agricultural Marketing Council’s quarterly food monitor, released on Friday. The food inflation rate for this period...

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Market jitters keeps investors on their toes

Market players may be making decisions with all the savvy of headless chickens. Investors stampeded out of equity markets last week. And, in all the chaos that followed, some long-standing market correlations broke down. Econometrix chief economist...

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Goolge buys Motorola Mobility at $12.5 billon

Google just announced that it is acquiringMotorola Mobility. The search and online advertising company is buying the company for approximately $12.5 billion (or $40 per share), in cash. The price represents a premium of 63 percent to...

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Huge price tag to run NHI in SA

Plans to roll out national health insurance should not be seen as a declaration of war on the private health sector, but an attempt to design a system that works, using existing resources, to provide affordable care for all. Announcing Friday’s release...

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Launching gr8insurance new logo

Gr8insurance's new logo Logo symbolizes a company and provides an image nothing else can provide. It is one of the many important yet missed elements for many businesses. Either the company doesn’t have one or it isn’t good  enough. I will provide...

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10 reasons for possible US market slump

1. The market is already expensive. Stocks are about 20 times cyclically adjusted earnings, according to data compiled by Yale University economics professor Robert Shiller. That's well above average, which, historically, has been about 16. This ratio...

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