Best and worst JSE Stocks Over the Last Decade
25 November 2025

Best and worst JSE Stocks Over the Last Decade

WorldWide Markets with Simon Brown

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๐ŸŒ Worldwide Markets โ€“ Episode 658

๐Ÿ“… 26 November 2025
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Hosted by Simon Brown
๐Ÿ’ผ Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets & Shyft

๐Ÿ”ฅ This Week's Big Themes

    ๐Ÿ“Š JSE 10-year returns โ€” miners dominate!

    ๐Ÿ’ฝ Nvidia results: great numbers, strange market reaction

    ๐Ÿฅ‡ Harmony goes big on copper

    ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ SA Inc sleeper stock ready to run with GDP recovery

    ๐Ÿ“ฆ Process/Tencent update: super-app dreams + buybacks

    ๐Ÿง  Standard Bank launches new AI structured product

    ๐ŸŽฏ Power Hour: Position your portfolio for 2026 (8 December)

๐Ÿญ Invicta Results โ€” A Deep Value SA Inc Play

    ๐Ÿ—๏ธ Capital equipment group with exposure to SA, EU, US & Asia.

    ๐ŸŒ Tariffs hit their China โ†’ US shipments.

    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Valuation extremely cheap:

      PE < 5

      Dividend yield > 3%

      Price-to-book: 0.7

    ๐Ÿšง SA's weak GDP is the drag โ€” but a recovery to 1.8% โ†’ 2% โ†’ 3% could turn this into a major SA Inc winner.

    โš™๏ธ Manufacturers sweating assets = more parts sold = small cyclical buffer.

๐Ÿฅข Prosus / Naspers / Tencent โ€” Cash Flow Turns Positive

    ๐Ÿ’ต First positive free cash flow ever โ†’ +$59m vs -$104m.

    ๐Ÿ’ฐ Billions of $ in cash reserves.

    ๐Ÿ” Food delivery (iFood, etc.) gaining scale + working toward a unified "super-app" model.

    ๐Ÿงง Still overwhelmingly driven by Tencent, but:

      ๐ŸŽฎ Tencent Games

      ๐ŸŽต Tencent Music

      ๐Ÿ“บ Online ads

      ๐Ÿ“ฑ WeChat ecosystem

      ๐ŸŽฅ Epic Games stake

      ๐ŸŽž๏ธ TikTok-style platforms

    ๐Ÿ”„ Ongoing share buybacks funded by selling Tencent into Hong Kong.

๐Ÿ’ป Nvidia โ€” Big Beat, Yet the Stock Falls?

    ๐Ÿ“ˆ Beat on revenue, profit, and guidance โ€” classic Nvidia.

    ๐Ÿค” But inventory jumped 32%, raising questions about demand visibility.

    ๐Ÿญ Meta reportedly exploring Google chips, with Amazon & Google also pushing their own silicon.

    โš ๏ธ Non-Nvidia chips = slower + higher power usage โ†’ still "B-grade".

    ๐Ÿ“‰ Technically:

      Support at ~$180

      Next support ~$166

      Further support ~$150s

    ๐ŸŽˆ Bubble chatter now turning into "yes, it is a bubble" โ€” but bubbles go UP before they pop.

    ๐Ÿ“‰ Mag-7 200-day MA signals:

      Only Meta sits below (-10%).

      Microsoft almost there (+1.5%).

      Amazon also soft (+5%).

๐Ÿฅ‡ Harmony โ€” From Gold to Copper Giant?

    ๐Ÿช™ Buying + building the Eva copper project in Australia.

    ๐Ÿงฑ Production cost: $2.50/lb copper (vs spot ~$4.50โ€“$5.25).

    โ›๏ธ Harmony is shifting from pure gold โ†’ gold + copper, diversifying earnings.

    ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Jimmy Moyaha's view:

      โœ”๏ธ Good blend of cyclical exposures

      โœ”๏ธ Some risk hedging between metals

    โ›๏ธ Deep SA gold mines = harder + costlier โ†’ copper is a logical hedge.

    ๐Ÿ”Œ Copper = "metal of the future" (again) due to electrification & green tech.

๐Ÿง  Standard Bank AI Structured Product (Now Open!)

    ๐Ÿงบ Basket:

      ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US Tech (NASDAQ)

      ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China Tech (KWEB)

    ๐Ÿ’ธ Auto-call feature:

      Year 1: If both indices are positive โ†’ 16% payout

      If not, each subsequent year with positivity โ†’ 16% per year

      Max 5-year horizon = up to 80%

    ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Capital protection:

      100% capital back if indices not more than 30% down at maturity

    ๐Ÿ’ต Minimum: R25,000 (+ R1,000 increments)

    ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Closing: 3 December 2025

    ๐Ÿ“ Available via OST or your stockbroker.

๐Ÿ“ˆ 10-Year JSE Winners โ€” The Miners Dominate ๐Ÿฅ‡ Top Performers (per-year returns, excluding dividends)

    ๐Ÿฅ‡ Harmony Gold โ€” 43.5% p.a. (3600% total!)

    ๐Ÿฅˆ Gold Fields โ€” 37%

    ๐Ÿฅ‰ Kumba Iron Ore โ€” 33% (42% incl. dividends)

    โš’๏ธ Exxaro โ€” 28% + 12% dividends

    โš™๏ธ Northam Platinum โ€” 28.5%

    ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Argent โ€” 27% (first non-miner)

    ๐Ÿ’ผ African Rainbow Capital / Valterraย โ€” 25%

    ๐Ÿฆ Capitec โ€” 22.5% + dividends โ†’ 24% total

    ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Bell Equipment, Merafe, Sibanye โ€” strong ~19%+

    ๐ŸŒ Datatec โ€” 19% + 17% dividends โ†’ 37%

๐Ÿ“‰ Big Losers (per-year declines)

    ๐Ÿช“ Eskom (ELI / ACO) โ€” -26%

    ๐Ÿ“ฆ Nampak โ€” -18%

    ๐Ÿ›๏ธ City Lodge โ€” -14.5%

    ๐Ÿงช ArcelorMittal โ€” -14%

    ๐Ÿ’Š Aspen โ€” -10%

    ๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ Sasol โ€” -10%

    ๐Ÿ˜๏ธ Balwin โ€” -7%

    ๐Ÿ” Famous Brands โ€” -7%

    ๐Ÿงฑ PPC โ€” -5%

    ๐Ÿ›’ Pick n Pay โ€” -5%

    ๐Ÿฅ Netcare โ€” -4.8%

    ๐Ÿงบ Woolworths โ€” 2.4% p.a. (only 1.4% incl. dividends)

๐Ÿ“Š Top 40 โ€” 10-Year Benchmark Performance

    ๐Ÿ“ˆ 118% total return over 10 years

    ๐Ÿ“‰ CAGR: 8.2% (โ‰ˆ10.5% incl. dividends)

    ๐Ÿ“Œ Best period: 11.6% (2019)

    ๐Ÿ“Œ Worst: ~3% during crisis

    ๐ŸŽฏ Real return (CPI ~5%): โ‰ˆ7% โ€” very respectable.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Call to Action

๐Ÿ’ฌ Tell us in the comments:

    Which 10-year winners do you own?

    Which stats shocked you most?

    What's your best-performing JSE stock of the last decade?

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