iShares South Africa ETF (EZA)
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Date updated:06-02-2007

I start with the iShares South Africa ETF (EZA), which I own because of the excellent performance of the South African stock market. It's current (5/9/2007) holdings are listed at www.morningstar.com.

I want to see if holding the ETF is better than holding individual stocks, and if the latter, which stocks work the best. Then, I add South African based stocks as I find them. I list only stocks that can be traded on the NYSE, AMEX, or NASDAQ, convenient for USA based investors like myself.

symbol name last price % change open
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  • EZA
    Ishares Msci Safr
  • $55.77
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

The base iShares South Africa ETF. Check out this article from ETFTrends.

People owning EZA also tend to own: JDSUAAPLAZAXCBBIBUSCRD-A

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  • SSL
    Sasol Ltd Adr
  • $40.15
  • +2.79%
  • $39.55

Sasol - the Petrobras of South Africa - the largest South Africa based integrated oil and chemical company.

People owning SSL also tend to own: BTUCOGTEWJGRMNIFNJPMMSFT

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  • IMPUY.PK
    Impala Platinum S
  • $23.49
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

IMPALA PLATINUM SPON (IMPUY.PK) - Platinum miner

People owning IMPUY.PK also tend to own: AUEZAGFIHMYMTNOY.PKSSLTKG

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  • GFI
    Gold Fields Ltd A
  • $14.56
  • +4.00%
  • $14.63

Gold Fields Limited engages in the exploration and production of gold in South Africa, Ghana, Australia, and Venezuela. Its properties primarily include Kloof Gold Mine and Beatrix Gold Mine in South Africa; Tarkwa Gold Mine and Damang Gold Mine in Ghana; Choco 10 Gold Mine in Venezuela; and St Ives Gold Mine and Agnew Gold Mine in Australia.

People owning GFI also tend to own: AEZBLDPESLRGSSNTRZRTKABX

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  • TKG
    Tkg
  • $0.00
  • N/A
  • $N/A

Telkom SA Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a communications services provider primarily in South Africa. The company offers fixed-line voice services, fixed-line data services, directory and wireless data services, and mobile communications services to business, residential, and payphone customers. Its fixed-line voice services include subscriptions and connections services; local, long distance, fixed-to-mobile, and international voice services; interconnection and hubbing communications services; international voice over Internet protocol services; subscription-based value-added voice services; and customer premises equipment rental and sales. Fixed-line data services comprise domestic and international data transmission services, such as point to point leased lines, asymmetric digital subscriber line services and packet-based services, managed data networking services; and Internet access and related information technology services. Its mobile communications services include voice services, data services, value-added services, and handset sales through Vodacom. As of March 31, 2006, the company had approximately 4.7 million telephone access lines in service. Telkom SA was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa.

People owning TKG also tend to own: ARRSATNIBTMCMCSAMBTMICCNIHD

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  • MTNOY.PK
    Mtn Group Ltd Sp
  • $15.33
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

MTNOY.PK - Leading South African cell phone provider

People owning MTNOY.PK also tend to own: AUEZAGFIHMYIMPUY.PKSSLTKG

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  • AU
    Anglogold Ashanti
  • $42.40
  • 0.00%
  • $N/A

AngloGold Ashanti Limited operates as a gold producer worldwide. It engages in open-pit and underground mining and surface metallurgical operations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United States. As of December 31, 2005, the company had approximately 63.3 million ounces of proven and probable gold ore reserves. AngloGold Ashanti also sells silver, uranium oxide, and sulphuric acid. The company has strategic alliances with Red 5 Limited for exploration activities in Siana project; an exploration alliance with Eurasia plc for prospects being identified in the Chita and Buyat regions of Russia; and an exploration alliance with Redstar Gold Corporation. It also has consultations and collaborations with various South African gold mining companies, as well as with the South African government departments of health, labor, and minerals and energy; and organized labor. The company was incorporated in 1944 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. AngloGold Ashanti Limited is a subsidiary of Anglo American plc.

People owning AU also tend to own: AAPLDOWGLGGSNRPHPCUPD

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  • HMY
    Harmony Gold Mng
  • $10.90
  • +1.96%
  • $10.98

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited engages in the exploration, processing, smelting, refining, and beneficiation of gold in South Africa, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. It operates 24 shafts, 1 project shaft, 1 open cast mine, and 9 processing plants in the Witwatersrand basin of South Africa, as well as the Green Stone belt; and 2 operating centers consisting of both underground and open pit mines located at Mt. Magnet and South Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The company also owns interests in the development and exploration prospects at Hidden Valley and Wafi in Papua New Guinea. As of June 30, 2006, it had proven and probable reserves of approximately 56 million ounces. The company, formerly known as Randgold & Exploration Company Limited, was founded in 1950 and is based in Melrose Arch, South Africa.

People owning HMY also tend to own: AAPLCCAKECSCODNDNHKHXL

TheStreet.com Rating: C What is this?

 

Start Price

Return Value

Start Date

EZA 134.07 -58.40% May 8th
SSL 36.56 +9.82% May 8th
IMPUY.PK 33.20 -29.25% May 8th
GFI 17.81 -18.25% May 8th
TKG 101.05 ------ May 8th
MTNOY.PK 14.80 +3.58% May 8th
AU 44.06 -3.77% May 8th
HMY 16.18 -32.63% May 8th

Average return:

-18.41%

Success rate:

28.57%

Tracking Started: 05-08-2007

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