Sector Focus Archives - JSE MAGAZINE

FRESH APPROACH

All companies listed on the JSE’s nonequity investment instruments sector have come to the market within the last two years, giving investors a chance to deploy capital in new growth industries Read more

INNER WORKINGS

As a sector that is integral to SA manufacturing, industrial engineering is holding its own in the face of economic peaks and troughs Read more

SHELF SPACE

Sales growth in the specialty retailers/home improvement sectors has been steady despite an increasing air of economic malaise. However, companies will need to work hard to maintain momentum Read more

FINDING THE FORMULA

Companies in the chemicals sector have proved resilient in the face of the commodity crunch and are well poised for a pick-up in the mining sector, home to many of their largest customers Read more

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Listed travel and leisure companies continue to hold up despite the tough consumer market, benefiting from a focus on the steadier ‘small luxuries’ end of the sector Read more

TAKING STOCK

SA’s food product sector has seen robust growth locally but is cautiously looking towards the rest of the continent in terms of expansion Read more

IN THE MIX

The variety offered by the diversified industrials sector may be more interesting to investors in a time of volatile markets Read more

SUM OF ALL TOTALS

Despite economic challenges, the fund management industry remains agile, with large independent asset managers emerging in the last decade Read more