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Front of the Book
  • Foreword - Bulls rampant - how long?
  • Definitions

    Winners
  • Mining leads the pack
  • Tried and tested winners (see the Top 20 Companies at right)
  • Good returns all round

    SA Giants
  • Field day for the big guys
  • Table: World's largest companies -
    Forbes 200 rankings
  • International view - Good despite drawbacks
  • Asset heavyweights - Old Mutual retains the crown
  • Table: SA Giants

    Sectors
  • Mining - Crunch time for new law
  • Platinum - Year of the junior miner
  • Other mining - Many under new management
  • Gold - Gold Fields on a roll
  • Banks - More good results ahead
  • Life Assurance - Still room for life assurance
  • Old Mutual - Platform for growth
  • Short-term insurance - It's a tougher environment
  • Support services - B ig rewards dwarf risk
  • Property - Held by the bubble
  • Property top dog - Octodec braves the risk
  • Construction - Glow of the infrastructure
  • Retail - Index defies gravity
  • Chemicals - Big demand the driver
  • Leisure - Good stays all round
  • Food and beverages - Thirst rings up the sales
  • Health & pharmaceuticals - Rude earnings the call
  • Electronics - gains harden with the times
  • Household goods - Tied closely to retail sales
  • Information technology - The smiels are back
  • Telecommunications - The competition hots up
  • Media - Solid but staid on diversity
  • Transport - New drivers to cruise along
  • Black chips - Codes a way to share value


    		• The Top 20 Companies
    1. Grindrod - 2006 Edcon
    2. Aquarius - 2006 MTN
    3. Highveld Steel - 2006 Aspen
    4. Resilient - 2006 Schamin
    5. Sun International - 2006 Massmart
    6. Brimstone - 2006 EOH
    7. MTN - 2006 Petmin
    8. Scharrig Mining - 2006 Dawn
    9. Merafe - 2006 Digicor
    10. Hyprop - 2006 PPC
    11. Iliad - 2006 Pinnacle
    12. Mvela - 2006 Woolworths
    13. Sasfin - 2006 CMH
    14. Atlas - 2006 Omnia
    15. BHP Billiton - 2006 Brandco
    16. Mittal - 2006 AME
    17. Trencor - 2006 Netcare
    18. Foschini - 2006 AMAPS
    19. Edcon - 2006 Reunert
    20. Sovereign Foods - 2006 Foschini

    Services
  • Legal advisers - Fresh faces to the fore
  • Table: Auditors & corporate clients

    Investing in top companies

  • Top performers - Straight to number one
  • Table: 200 top performers
  • Impact of the rand - current account pressure
  • Top performers - Lure of the little fish
  • JSE - New records galore
  • AltX - Spurred by the bull market
  • Unit trusts - enter the collectives
  • Asset managers - Big is no longer beautiful
  • Economy - Doing well despite risks
  • Corporate governance - New rules on accountability
  • Table - Kings of the boardroom

    MAIN TABLES
  • Table: Top Performers table
  • Table: SA Giants

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    MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko - MTN has the biggest market cap on the JSE among nonresources companies.


    BHP Billiton's Chip Goodyear - shares hitting record highs


    Ridge CEO Terence Wilkinson found shareholders with deep pockets


    Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll - it's clear she's going to have a big impact


    Liberty's Bruce Hemphill - life insurance is used as a legal wrapper for savings products

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