Batanai Matsika, Author at The Financial Gazette

ECONOMICS & ECONOMICS INTELLIGENCE: Alcohol, tobacco stocks outlook in face of Covid-19

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has spelt doom for alcohol and tobacco-related businesses given that health concerns have intensified across the globe.…

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August 7, 2020

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ECONOMICS & ECONOMICS INTELLIGENCE: The post-Covid future is online

THE Covid-19 has by far become a significant disruption catalyst in terms of how business is being conducted and how it will evolve into the future.…

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July 31, 2020

Opinions

ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: An explosion of RSBs and the informal economy

THE Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the structure and shape of economies across the globe. In the case of Zimbabwe, the limited economic activity that has come as a result of Covid-19 social distancing measures has created new risks such as (i) company closures, (ii) increased levels of formal…

July 25, 2020

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ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: The headline effect of negative news

Readers may have seen some alarming news articles on various media quoting Zanu PF’s acting spokesman Patrick Chinamasa that Old Mutual Limited “will be ejected from the financial system”.…

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July 17, 2020

Columns & Comment

ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: The logic behind randisation

Following on our article titled; “USD or ZAR? What makes sense? we re-iterate our call that randisation cements the case for regional cooperation and integration in the broader Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region. (more…)

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July 10, 2020

Columns & Comment

ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: The nexus between democracy & economic development

HUMAN rights, free elections, inclusiveness, equality, freedom of assembly and expression, rule of law are some of the ideals that have been endorsed and are being promoted in modern day societies. Democracy is the fundamental component. (more…)

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June 26, 2020

Columns & Comment

ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: When hoarding mentality invades a stock market

AS Covid-19 social distancing measures are slowly being relaxed and formal businesses have resumed operations, one reality that has caught up with ordinary Zimbabwean citizens are fuel shortages. (more…)

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June 19, 2020

Columns & Comment

ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: To re-dollarise or not: What makes sense?

LAST I participated in a debate organized by the Financial gazette on whether Zimbabwe should re-dollarise or not? and as expected, all panellists agreed that the economy has already dollarised unofficially. (more…)

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June 15, 2020

Columns & Comment

ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: A sentiment & predictive analysis of the ZSE

BULLS have been raging on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) while smart investors and traders have been smiling all the way to the bank. (more…)

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June 4, 2020

Columns & Comment

ECONOMIC & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: Data providers primed for earnings boost

FOLLOWING the unbundling of the Econet Group into two separate entities (Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited), there has been misapprehension amongst most analysts that Econet Wireless Zimbabwe might have lost its lustre. (more…)

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May 29, 2020

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