Jacques Plaut

Jacques Plaut

Jacques joined Allan Gray as an equity analyst in 2008 after working as a management consultant. He began managing a portion of the equity and balanced portfolios earmarked for associate portfolio managers in 2013 and was appointed as a portfolio manager in 2015. Jacques holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Cape Town and is a CFA® charterholder.

Articles by Jacques Plaut

Equity Fund update: Investing amid extreme price moves

By Jacques Plaut on 24 Jul 2020

The second quarter of 2020 saw further extreme moves in equities. An intraday price move of 20% is a rare event, especially for a large company. In the month...

An opportunity in television?

By Jacques Plaut on 29 Apr 2019

The Top 40 got a new member this quarter when MultiChoice was unbundled from Naspers. MultiChoice owns the dominant pay-TV business in South Africa, DStv, wi...

The value of bitcoin

By Jacques Plaut on 24 Oct 2017

The total market value of all bitcoins is US$80bn, which is more than the value of Richemont and triple the value of Anglo American. It is the topic on which...

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