Hyperscaler Results, Berkshire's Cash Pile and Fuel Pain

Hyperscaler results from Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet produced numbers that almost don't seem real — combined remaining performance obligations of $...

Tim Cook Out, Tariff Refunds In, Markets Back At Highs

US markets hit all-time highs this week even as $166 billion in Trump tariff refunds start processing — a windfall for retailers, but consumers who pa...

The Hormuz "Blockade" Has Fine Print | So Does the SA Fuel Crisis

US results season opens with Goldman Sachs and Johnson & Johnson both beating expectations — but the more interesting story is what those results don'...

SA Retail Stocks: Where the Value Is Right Now

South African consumer stocks have been hammered.
In Episode 673 of WorldWideMarkets, Simon Brown works through the JSE's food and clothing reta...

Six Space Stocks Reviewed, Which Ones Are Worth It?

Simon reviews six listed space stocks ahead of the expected SpaceX IPO, which could debut above $2 trillion as early as June. Rocket Lab, AST SpaceMob...

Tariffs are Back with no Ceiling and Gold at $4,000

WorldWideMarkets episode 671 covers the return of US tariffs through Section 301 investigations targeting South Africa and 60 other countries — with n...

War, Fuel & Fertilizer: The Inflation Pipeline

Worldwide Markets — Episode 680 | 18 March 2026 Powered by Standard Bank, Global Markets, Retail and Shyft
⛽ Fuel Price Pain Coming Petrol 95 u...

As Uncertainty Rules, Rate Cuts are Gone

📅 11 March 2026 | Hosted by Simon Brown
Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets, Retail & SHYFT
With geopolitical tensions and wild comm...

Budget Boost, Oil Shock | SA's Two-Speed Week that Changed the Narrative

⚖️ Budget Boost: A Rare Win for Taxpayers 🇿🇦💰
This week kicked off with a surprisingly investor-friendly South African budget — and markets ini...

Budget panel 2026 with Deputy Minister & Christo Wiese

This special broadcast is the recording of the Budget Panel 2026 with AJM, Baker Tilly Greenwoods, and FNB.
 
Simon Brown hosts and his gu...

Trumps Tariffs Trashed, Now What? | Budget 2026

📅 25 February 2026 | Hosted by Simon Brown
Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets, Retail & Shyft
The ruling: The US Supreme Court ruled...

Can AI Value Stocks? Local | Yields at decade Lows

Worldwide Markets - Episode 666 📊
ZA 10-year yield | weekly
Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets, Retail and Shyft
"Look after...

Hyper Capex Spending | Junior Miner Pain

🎙️ Worldwide Markets – Episode 665
📅 11 February | 🎧 Recorded Tuesday around lunchtime
💼 Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets & Shy...

Is the Gold Collapse Over?

📅 Recorded: Tuesday midday | 🎙️ Host: Simon Brown
This week on Worldwide Markets, we unpack a wild ride across commodities, central banks, tech...

Stock Picks for the Cristal & Moneyweb Challenges

📅 28 January | Recorded late Tuesday afternoon
Host: Simon Brown
Powered by: Standard Bank Global Markets & Shyft – the global money app...

Fed Pressure, Gold Power and a Stronger Rand

Predictions 2026 with; Marc Ashton, Keith McLachlan & Simon Brown

For the thirteenth year in a row Keith McLachlan, Marc Ashton and Simon Brown kick off the new year with a predictions show.
First they check in...

The Best, and Worst, on the JSE in 2025

🌍 Worldwide Markets — Episode 660
📅 10 December 2025
🎧 Final episode of the year — back 14 January 2026
💼 Powered by Standard...

It's been a year, but markets loved it

Worldwide Markets – Episode 659 Show Notes
📆 3 December 2025
🎙️ Host: Simon Brown
🏦 Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets & Sh...

Best and worst JSE Stocks Over the Last Decade

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📅 26 November 2025
🎙️ Hosted by Simon Brown
💼 Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets & Shyft
📊 JSE 10-year returns —...

Good Things Happening in SA | How to Spot the Bubble Popping

Worldwide Markets — Episode 657 (19 November 2025) 🗓️📈
Good things are happening in South Africa 🇿🇦, bubble-watching on global markets 🎈, fres...

JSE in the Cross Hairs (and Proposing Changes) | Don't Fight the Trend

Worldwide Markets – Episode 656 (12 November)
Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets and Shyft – the global money app that puts travel, shoppin...

When Will The Markets Crash? | Optasia IPO Fails to Pop

🌍 Worldwide Markets – Episode 655
Date: 5 November
Host: Simon Brown
Powered by: Standard Bank Global Markets & Shyft – the globa...

Gold took us up … and Gold will take us down

🌍 World Wide Markets Ep. 654 — 29 October 2025
🎙️ "Gold took us up … and gold will take us down."

Top40 Monthly chart 2025
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Optasia, AI-enabled fintech business, listing on the JSE. Worth buying?

🎙️ Hosted by Simon Brown
📅 Recorded: Tuesday, 21 October 2025
📈 Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets, Retail & Shyft – The global m...

JSE Large Caps with Great Dividend Yields

🎙️ Worldwide Markets Ep. 652 — "Dividends, Gold, and Gearing Gone Wild"
📅 15 October 2025 | Hosted by Simon Brown | Powered by Standard Bank S...

Value on the JSE? We find the Cheapest Shares

🎙️ Worldwide Markets Ep. 651 — "Value on the JSE? We Find the Cheapest Shares" (8 October 2025)
📅 Recorded Tuesday afternoon | Powered by Stand...

what's pushed Purple Group +140% this Year? And a Bull Case for SA Inc.

🌍 Worldwide Markets Episode 650 – 1 October 2025
Hosted by Simon Brown
Powered by Standard Bank Global Markets & the Shyft Global Money...

Your Second Brain | Managing all the Data and Putting it to use

🌍 Worldwide Markets Ep. 649 – Building a Second Brain 🧠✨
Recorded on 24 September 2025 (from the beach!) – Hosted by Simon Brown
This w...

Three Stocks with Cash & Shares Worth more then their Market Cap

🌍 World Wide Markets Ep. 648 – Cash-Rich Companies, Fed Cuts & China's Housing Woes
Host: Simon Brown
Date: 17 September 2025
Ch...

Alphabet Wins & Makes New Highs | OPEC Boosts Production

🌍 Worldwide Markets – Episode 647 (9 Sept 2024)
This week on *Worldwide Markets*, Simon Brown dives into global markets, tech giants, crypto sh...

Twenty Years of Poor EM returns | Sixty60 almost a R20bn Revenue Business

🌠Worldwide Markets Ep. 646 – 3 September 2025
ðŸŽ™ï¸ Hosted by Simon Brown
Powered by Standard Bank & Shyft, the global money app ðŸ'³ð...

Naspers Stock Split | UK Yields at Worst Levels this Century

📌 Key Themes This Week
📊 Naspers share split – AGM approves a 5-for-1 split to make shares more affordable for smaller investors.
💬 Jac...

Buffett Buys UnitedHealth, should you? | The Google Listing with a Twist Turns 21

🌍 Worldwide Markets Ep. 644 – 20 August 2024
🎙️ Hosted by Simon Brown
This week's episode dives into Buffett's latest moves, Google's ico...

Share Buy Backs; the Good & the Ugly | Market Loving the Sasol Update

🇺🇸 US Inflation – Numbers come in softer than expected 📊, fuelling hopes for a **September rate cut** from the Fed 🏦.
⛽ Sasol trading update...

SARB & Treasury Fight Over Inflation | Which MPs Hold Crypto?

🎙️ Worldwide Markets – Episode 642
📅 Recorded: Tuesday, 5 August
💼 Host: Simon Brown
🌍 Powered by Standard Bank Shyft – The gl...

SARB has not added to gold reserves in two decades | Which JSE stocks will be hit by tariffs?

🔺 Tariffs Incoming
🇿🇦 SA faces 30% US tariffs starting Friday.
🚗 Auto industry, 🍊 citrus, 🚚 logistics & 🧪 fertilizer sectors (like...

Is a Lower Inflation target a Bad Idea? Is Afrimat Offering Value?

🌍 This week on Worldwide Markets, Simon dives into a packed show covering inflation, earnings, property deals, and opportunities in local stocks. Pow...

What's with Bitcoin Treasury Companies? | Ouch US CPI and Chinese Home Prices

🎙 This Week in Markets:
US inflation ticks higher 📈, putting pressure on rate cuts. Powell's in no rush. Local rates also due end-July.
...

Trump’s Big (and Messy) Plan to Save America and Reduce the Deficit and Debt

Simon's on holiday in sunny Durban 🌞 but couldn't resist diving into what might be Trump's grand economic plan. On the surface, it's tariffs, spendin...