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2018 Q3 Comments from the Chief Operating Officer

A lot can happen in 20 years. The iPhone was introduced in 2007, 11 years ago. Facebook and WhatsApp, which started in 2004 and 2009 respectively, have...

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2018 Q3

Insights categories - Local investing

Allan Gray Equity Fund's 20th Anniversary

By Julie Campbell on 17 Oct 2018

Reading time: 13 mins

If you had invested R1 000 in the Allan Gray Equity Fund when it was launched on 1 October 1998, it would be worth R56 572 today (at 30 September 2018). A...

Insights categories - Investment insights

Skilled Investing: Separating the wheat from the chaff

By Vuyo Nogantshi on 17 Oct 2018

Reading time: 7 mins

The difference between skilled and lucky investment managers is that over extended periods, skill should prevail in delivering good investment outcomes, whil...

Insights category - companies

An investment case for Naspers

By Ruan Stander on 17 Oct 2018

Reading time: 9 mins

As at 30 September 2018, Naspers made up 18.2% of the JSE. Whether you are for or against the stock, adequate time needs to be devoted to considering the...

Insights categories - ESG

Executive remuneration: Skin in the game

By Pieter Koornhof on 17 Oct 2018

Reading time: 9 mins

At Allan Gray, we think carefully about the executive remuneration policies of companies in which we invest our clients’ capital. Why is this a worthwhile...

Insights categories - Offshore investing

Orbis Global Equity Fund: Unpacking recent performance

By Stefan Magnusson on 17 Oct 2018

Reading time: 8 mins

As bottom-up stockpickers, we don’t pay much attention to benchmarks or to what other investors are doing. Instead, our investment decisions are based on...

Insights categories - Personal investing

What does the price of a unit trust mean?

By Ray Mhere on 17 Oct 2018

Reading time: 7 mins

When you buy a product or a service, the price you pay for that item tells you something about it. An apple that costs R50 (suspiciously expensive) or an App...

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