The JSE Limited/ Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is aware of a several scams (on Telegram and WhatsApp) posing as authorised JSE investment schemes and/or using the names(s) of JSE Executives (including our CEO, Leila Fourie).
In these investment scams, potential investors are urged to deposit money into a bank account and promised quick and guaranteed returns on their investment. These types of groups are not authorised by the JSE and the investments referred to are not authorised or endorsed by the JSE or any members of the JSE Executive. The JSE does not recruit investors in this manner.
The only way to invest on the JSE is via an authorised JSE stockbroker. A list of stockbrokers can be found on www.jse.co.za and then click on 'find a stockbroker' and you will find a list of stockbrokers in your area who will help you to open an account and you can begin your investment journey with the JSE.
Should you suspect a false investment scam group, please report these to the JSE at [email protected].
This module delves a little deeper into bonds and specifically outlines how to calculate interest – simple and compounded – as well as yields – basic and implied – on your investment.
The ITaC project was successfully implemented into production on Monday, 29 April 2019.
“ITaC” is the abbreviation used for the JSE’s Integrated Trading and Clearing initiative. The ITaC project is a multi‐year programme of work focused on the introduction of an integrated solution for the JSE’s trading and clearing services.
This module delves deeper into technical analysis and focuses specifically on trendlines, and how they prove useful to the trader.
There are many topics in technical analysis that you can study and this module is one of many examples that you can look into.
In module 4 of the individual investor modules, there was an introduction to the two techniques that an investor can use when deciding on which shares to invest in - fundamental and technical analysis. That module gave deeper insights into fundamental analysis.
This module aims to offer insight into warrants – what they are and the two main categories of warrants.
It will also explain who warrants are for and their main features.
We are going to discuss another avenue used for investing called Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
We will define ETFs, consider their features and understand who generally invests using these instruments.
This module is an educational module on currency derivatives and will also give you an overview of the forex market.
Forex trading is trading currencies, and there are two ways to do this:
The first is trading via currency derivative
The second is via the Foreign Exchange spot market
The reason we invest our money in shares is to increase our wealth. We increase our wealth by getting a good “return” on our investment.
In this module, we will investigate what we mean by the concept of return.
