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Simon Brown is a Financial Mail personal finance columnist. He describes himself as a talker, investor, trader, photographer, writer, chocolate eater and wine drinker.

Pick n Pay.

SIMON BROWN: What George Soros, Tencent and Pick n Pay have in common

Pick n Pay’s acquisition of Boxer ranks as an iconic trade

SIMON BROWN: Digging deep: A strategy on taking profits

How to manage a portfolio wisely

SIMON BROWN: Is China’s stock market cheap, or is it a classic value trap?

Low valuations aren't enough without an economic catalyst

SIMON BROWN: Stop the losses with a capital strategy

Stop-loss feature will keep you in the game

SIMON BROWN: Less volatility is a welcome change — but can it last?

A more stable rand-dollar exchange is good for the country

SIMON BROWN: Don’t miss your stop-loss risk reward

Share volatility can easily blow past your stop-loss orders

SIMON BROWN: Time for some bonding?

How 5% US yields are changing the game

SIMON BROWN: Ignore the noise and the fury

Elections are looming in the US and South Africa, but investors should stick to their long-term strategy

SIMON BROWN: What rats can tell us that directors can’t

When rats flee a sinking ship, the signs are clear. When directors sell, not so much

An employee holds one-kilogram gold bar at Gold Investments Ltd.

SIMON BROWN: The perfect plan is to hold gold

Why being bitten by the bug is not a bad thing

No, capitalism is not broken

Despite predictions of shrinking profit margins in US-listed stocks, they’ve expanded to record levels. Here’s why.

Moonshot’s Kimi K3: The latest shot fired by the Chinese industry

SIMON BROWN: Your AI spend just got slashed

China has won this leg of the AI race by making the trillion-dollar AI companies of OpenAI and Anthropic worth a whole lot less.

Fear and missed opportunities. Rawpixel/Currency

Don’t let fear of failure stop you in your tracks

Good investing means getting comfortable with uncertainty. Back your research, buy some, and let confidence grow with experience

Buy or Sell? That is the question

SIMON BROWN: Hold on just a little bit longer ...

In the online trading world we can buy and sell in seconds, but this should not change our thinking around how and why we invest. It’s still about quality at great prices and…

A large amount of gold

SIMON BROWN: When it comes to gold, look past the obvious

Everybody is asking me about gold. Specifically, why isn’t gold running higher?

SIMON BROWN: A Rose-AI by any other name

From sneakers to AI computing — Allbirds is just the latest company to jump on the bandwagon. One wonders whether NewBird AI will survive the hype or suffer the same fate as the…

SIMON BROWN: The AI spending spree continues …

The hyperscalers are betting big bucks. And they’ll be winning for as long as the spending supports real infrastructure and user demand stays strong.

SpaceX prepares to list via an IPO. Consider what it aims to achieve

SIMON BROWN: To infinity and beyond

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are heading for IPOs. Here’s how you can play it.

A striking visualization of human and artificial intelligence collaboration, highlighting financial growth and data analysis in a modern business setting with futuristic elements.

SIMON BROWN: Mind your language when it goes large

AI can be a huge help in your investing workflow, but it's worth remembering that it will never be 100% accurate

BROKERS’ NOTES: Buy South African bonds, sell US bonds

Whereas yields on South African 10-year bonds may yet improve, the situation for US long-dated bonds is looking less bright