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Is it just me that find OST Beta not very user friendly? White spaces and blank rows all over the screen, info scattered top and bottom left and right. To do a trade have to scroll up down look left right for confirm buttons, reviews. I really REALLY hope they will keep the old screens. Was/is compact , all info in one glance, etc. 

Last saw some talk activity on this share way back - it was a darling then,  now they have gone to the market for funds  - almost like a GOV SOE  - does one just sell the NPL's or go for the share at R 20 ?? Feels like catching falling knives.    

    In this month's podcast, we discuss the global landscape now that Boris Johnson is in power, and the impact this may have on South African investors. We also dig into Shoprite's results and Simon gives us a rundown of what went wrong. We end off with a tackle of an alarmist tweet around the health of Woolworths and Simon shares his opinion on whether investors should be worried or not.   Listen now:       Or watch now    

In times of economic uncertainty, taking investments offshore as a means of diversifying makes sense for a discerning investor.   However, going offshore is something many tend to believe is limited to the ultra-rich and affluent. There’s also a misconception that offshore investing is all about buying property in London or a summer villa in the south of France. But this isn’t the case. Technology has made offshore investment a lot more accessible to investors who don’t have large amounts of capital to invest. Despite this, many myths about investing, as well as psychological barriers, still abound.   In this Power Hour session, Sandesh Ganasee from Standard Bank Webtrader talks about the pros and cons of going offshore, the biases at play when investors focus on local investments and some of the things investors must take into consideration when they decide to go offshore. He also covers the benefits of using ETFs as a vehicle to invest offshore when you do not have the time to delve into individual offshore stocks. He also looks at local ETFs that investors can use to gain offshore exposure and explore the importance of rand-hedging, especially in times of volatile currency moves.   Watch now    

I am trying to work out how various ratios are derived - and this question pertains to the D:E ratio.  On the SBK site, the D:E ratio is given as: (LT Liab - Int Free Loans + STLoan / ODraft)  /  Tot SH Int.   To test the equation I checked the balance sheet listed on the SBK site for Woolies, and the D:E result was correct - if I assumend that the Int Free Loans was 0.  But for Anglo American, I cannot get my equation to match the SBK result (I have checked the SBK balance sheet values against Anglos glossy results): ergo - either SBK has the D:E value wrong, or there is some sort of Int Free Loan, for Anglo around the 1250 mill mark.   I am giving SBK the benefit of the doubt here, since the Woolies D:E value is correct.   Can anyone let me know what or where one might find an Interest Free Loan value in the balance sheet - on the few I have checked there is no row or entry for any Int Free Loan.  Could this be called something else?   I am not an accountant and have an extremely simple understanding of balance sheets.

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