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SIMON BROWN: Uncertainty rules the markets now

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Large banks such as JPMorgan are always tied to broader macroeconomic trends

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BROKERS’ NOTES: Buy Sun International, sell the dollar

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NATASHA MARRIAN: Ramaphosa’s ultimate failure

The GNU only really exists in name. The president has done nothing to unify his cabinet

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MARC HASENFUSS: Action man’s call for a new order at Nu-World

The company is well managed and perennially pregnant with value — but never delivers, except for a steady stream of dividends

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SA Rugby has apparently nearly doubled the financial value of the Springbok sponsorship as FNB muscles MTN off the jersey

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Sorry, dear readers, but if Donald Trump was a more realistic president, I wouldn't be forced to write about him

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