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Companies added fewer workers than projected in February, a sign that U.S. employers were waiting for a pickup in demand before boosting headcount, a private report based on payrolls showed today.

The 139,000 increase in employment followed a revised 127,000 gain in January that was weaker than initially reported, the weakest two months since August-September 2012, according to the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey. The median forecast of 39 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 155,000 advance.

HAR is not resources but Gold (Precious metals). BHP for example is a resource stock

As you know by now, I always tend towards the pessimistic view, but quite frankly I think the emerging market and fragile five
scaremongering is somewhat overhyped. As a long term investor with mainly defensive and Rand hedge stocks, I wouldn't worry
too much.

China move hints at 30% market correction

South African investors who are smiling all the way to the bank with the JSE All Share Index continuously hitting new highs, may want to keep an eye on Chinese policy makers who recently started moves to weaken their currency. This may be the first step in the bursting of the equity bubble and the start of a slow-down in China which will directly impact South African companies and their profits.

..and I suppose most want to buy, buy, buy, for fear of losing out. Me too, up to a point. Looking at MND. 

No ADI (AdaptIT) on Buy shares. Please add.

That is an alarmist blog. Read the others like Fin24. This is purely for land restitution for people that were "kicked off" their land. Pravin Gordon did say that compensation will be paid but the diffs is that now that this will be escalated to a higher priority.

No, the article is about the proposed Investment Bill - nothing to do with land restitution. Besides Anthea Jeffry is a respected source.

The ANC govt's plan for expropriation on the sly

A new Expropriation Bill by another name

Media coverage of the Promotion and Protection of In- vestment Bill of 2013 (the Investment Bill) has focused on its role in replacing South Africa's bilateral investment treaties with various European states. Representatives of these countries have broken their usual diplomatic silence to warn against the reduced protection it gives investors from their states. However, the true significance of the Bill goes very much beyond this.

The Investment Bill is, in fact, a new expropriation measure that will apply to all property owners in South Africa, both local and foreign. It is also likely to result in many people receiving zero compensation on the loss of their property, provided the State takes this, not as owner, but rather as ‘custodian' for the disadvantaged. In combination with the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill of 2013, it could see property of many kinds taken by the State as ‘custodian' for land claim- ants and without any compensation to its former owners. Yet most commentary on the Investment Bill has overlooked this risk, helping to lull all property owners into a false sense of security.

The Bill's reference to ‘investors' is also misleading, for it suggests that the new law will apply solely to companies and other commercial enterprises. In fact, the Investment Bill will apply to everyone, including ‘natural persons' and ‘regardless of nationality'.

Any black or white South African who owns a home, a car, or unit trusts is vulnerable to the Investment Bill's provisions. So, too, are enterprises of every size and in every sector of the economy, from mining to agriculture, banking, manufacturing, and services.

Once the Investment Bill is in place, the current Expropriation Act is likely to be overtaken or repealed. The Government, which has encountered stiff resistance to its draft expropriation bills of 2008 and 2013, will also have no further need to try and push a replacement expropriation law through Parliament.

Instead, all South Africans will find that their rights on expropriation are already governed by the rules laid down in the Investment Bill. And this, of course, will give the State the power to take measures to acquire property of virtually any kind as ‘custodian' for the poor - and without the need to pay any compensation.