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Episode Synopsis
🎙️ Worldwide Markets Ep. 651 — "Value on the JSE? We Find the Cheapest Shares" (8 October 2025) 📅 Recorded Tuesday afternoon | Powered by Standard Bank & SHYFT 💡 Episode Overview This week Simon Brown digs into value on the JSE — where the cheapest shares might be hiding 👀. He also unpacks: The Purple Group* pullback 🟣 ETF returns so far in 2025 📈 (spoiler: it's been a wild year!) Upcoming Standard Bank Power Hour: Investing Like Warren Buffett 🧠 🟣 Purple Group: Pullback or Panic? After a huge rally to R2.74, Purple Group has pulled back — but no need to panic. Likely to find support around R2.10, with upside targets around R3.50 💪. Expecting strong trading updates by late October or early November. With markets, gold, crypto, and offshore assets all flying, Purple should benefit as trading volumes rise. 📊 2025 ETF Returns — A Booming Year Simon's recent ETF analysis shows a banner year for SA ETFs (excluding dividends): 🏆 Top Performers: Satrix RESI* +118% 🪨 Satrix Shariah +69% 🌙 (thanks to heavy gold exposure) 10X Top 20, Rafi 40*, Gold ETFs, SWIX, and EasyETFs Global Equity (Active) all strong 📈 📉 Laggards: Signia Health Innovation −9.2% 🧬 India ETF −8.7% 🇮🇳 Global Bonds & Healthcare ETFs slightly negative 🪙 Overall takeaway: 2025 is a golden year — literally and figuratively. 💸 Value Hunt: The Cheapest Shares on the JSE Simon's criteria for spotting value gems 💎: PE ratio: 0–10 (profitable companies only) Dividend yield: >0.01% (sign of free cash flow) Price-to-book:
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