Thursday, March 12, 2026

Ghost Stories #96: Public and private markets – ETFs help bridge the gap

Private markets come with challenges related to daily price discovery, liquidity and due diligence. Although ETFs cannot solve these issues, they can act as a liqudity sleeve in situations where committed institutional capital can be invested in a liquid ETF until the private market manager calls the capital. Duma Mxenge joined me on this podcast to explain how this works.

Ghost Stories #95: Reeling in returns: Sea Harvest’s best-ever performance

The ocean is a mystical place that has captured our imagination as a species for as long as anyone can remember. And although there are many fish in the sea, taking advantage of that resource in a sustainable and profitable way really isn’t that simple. Sea Harvest has signed off on an incredible year that demonstrates the depth of the strategy - quite literally. CEO Felix Ratheb and CFO Muhammad Brey joined me to explain the fishing industry and how they make money.
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GHOST WRAP – Earnings season brings out the bulls and the bears

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At the halfway mark in 2025, we've lived through some huge geopolitical shifts. The world's gaze has shifted beyond just the US market. Many investors choose to stick with what they know in times like these. This means homegrown favourites on the JSE. But which stocks have been the big winners thus far this year, and what do they have in common?
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