Magic Markets Ep24: FAANGs at the BEACH
PODCAST | The title may sound like a vampire holiday movie, but most investors will be familiar with the term…
What’s behind the door?
Earnings season in the United States is in full swing. I love this time in the markets, as the most…
Magic Markets Ep23: European Gems
PODCAST | European investor and student of the markets Tobias (@TobyTheInvestor) joins Mohammed Nalla (@MohammedNalla) and I from Copenhagen to…
Insights from The Startup Junto
PODCAST | Regular readers will know that I care as much about startups as I do about the market. I…
The Startup Junto Ep4: Snapt
PODCAST | In a podcast packed with insights from a startup founder and VC specialist, Episode 4 of The Startup…
Magic Markets Ep22: Banks – Boom or Bust?
PODCAST | In Episode 22 of the popular Magic Markets podcast, hosts The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (Moe-Knows) look…
Past Champion
Coinbase isn’t a shovel
I don’t like tech IPOs (or the nuance “direct listings” for that matter). Before delving into the Coinbase IPO and…
Podcast guest appearance: Business and Beers
I love podcasts and I always enjoy appearing as a guest on other podcasts. I’ve been on Honest Money twice,…
Magic Markets Ep21: Crypto Arbitrage
PODCAST | With the help of the team from Future Forex, hosts The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (Moe-Knows) unpack the…
Impact investing insights – part 2
In part 1 of this series, we discussed the importance of matching investors to opportunities. For example, in the world…
Magic Markets Ep20: Buy-Toi-Let
PODCAST | In Episode 20 of Magic Markets, hosts The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (Moe-Knows) discuss property investing and…
Cartrack: the Americans give us a value
Corporate actions aren’t always easy to understand. Some are fairly straightforward (e.g. Company A is buying Company B) and others…
Magic Markets Ep19: Arch-egos at hedge funds
PODCAST | It’s an April Fools’ show, yet we only discuss things that have actually happened. It says a lot…
Deliverwho?
Here’s a quick insight into the world of investment banking and capital raising… Bankers are focused on hot money They…
Digging through the JSE dustbin
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. It applies in the markets too. Successful investing is about buying…
Magic Markets Ep18: Investment Journeys
PODCAST | Regular listeners of Magic Markets will know by now that The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (Moe-Knows) bring…
Alpha, market cap and long vs. short
PODCAST | The trouble with the markets and the investment industry is that jargon is everywhere. Ever tried to discuss…
Magic Markets Ep17: Trading the Scandals
PODCAST | Corporate governance failures. Frauds. Accounting misstatements. A “hole in the balance sheet” – unfortunately, these breakdowns in trust…
The Startup Junto Ep3: Math for Money
PODCAST | The Finance Ghost and startup specialist The Venturing Vagabond host Nick Hill in Episode 3 of The Startup…
Rolling the dice on Descendis Health
The company is actually called Ascendis Health, but one look at a share price chart and you’ll understand why I…
Magic Markets Ep16: SPAC Attack
PODCAST | The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (Moe-Knows) have an in-depth discussion on the SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company)…
Massmart and the case for cutting through the noise
After the market crashed in March 2020, I decided to take a risk. Believing that the valuations were ridiculously low…
Twitter’s next frontier
For all its ubiquity, Twitter hasn’t always been the most popular kid on the playground. Advertisers, its main source of…
Magic Markets Ep15: The Yield Curve-ball
PODCAST | In Episode 15 of Magic Markets, The Yield Curve-ball, The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (moe-knows.com) discuss the impact…
Impact investing insights – part 1
Money is fungible, yet you may have heard financial professionals talk about “types” of money when discussing investment opportunities. These…
Berkshire Boomers – can they adapt?
The Berkshire (Hathaway) duo, none other than Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, have been in the news this week. With…
Magic Markets Ep14: SA the Fiscal Cockroach
PODCAST | The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla take their signature unconventional approach to Budget Speech 2021. Despite all the…
Mboweni has diamond hands
PODCAST | This is not an attempt to cover everything that happened in the budget speech today. The financial news…