There was probably a disconcerting silence when Telkom Limited pulled the wraps from its full-year results recently. At first glance the numbers suggest resilience under the much-publicised recessionary trading conditions...

As we pen this, the country’s regulators are preparing a “too little too late” assault on South Africa’s very own Bernard Madoff. The alleged mastermind of the latest failed business “opportunity” is Barry Tannenbaum, grandson of Adcock Ingram’s co-founder...

It may sound a bit dull. But it's a key barometer of global freight activity – in other words, it measures the cost of ferrying raw materials around the planet. The message it's starting to send is very clear: shipping rates and commodity prices are set to tumble. And that means the share prices of many cyclical stocks – which have led the recent rally - will be heading south, too...

While paging through the financial media you’re bombarded with information. Reporters can’t wait to tell you how much the market has moved since yesterday. They drawl on endlessly about the daily swing-and-roundabout variations in company stock prices... not this article...