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☰ Research: January 2026

  • Writer: Lester Davids
    Lester Davids
  • Jan 1
  • 4 min read

Updated: 7 hours ago

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Latest Research Notes:

  1. Free Ideas: Trade Now https://www.unum.capital/post/ideas1601

  2. Free Take Profit: ASML (Running +92%) https://www.unum.capital/post/asml1501

  3. Free Take Profit: VanEck Steel ETF (Running +26%) https://www.unum.capital/post/slx1501

  4. Free Buy Idea: iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF https://www.unum.capital/post/dgro1501

  5. Free Trading Bid Corp https://www.unum.capital/post/bid1501

  6. Free Buy Idea: Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF https://www.unum.capital/post/urnj1501

  7. Free Buy Pullbacks In This JSE Retail Share https://www.unum.capital/post/whl1501

  8. Free JSE Market Internals Report https://www.unum.capital/post/under1501

  9. Free JSE Top 40 Index https://www.unum.capital/post/j2001501

  10. Free Global Idea: VanEck Agribusiness ETF https://www.unum.capital/post/moo1501

  11. Free Long Term Value Territory: Portfolio Buy Idea https://www.unum.capital/post/tru1501

  12. Free 16x Your Money https://www.unum.capital/post/imp1501

  13. Free Take Profit: iShares Microcaps ETF (Running +26%) https://www.unum.capital/post/iwc1401

  14. Free Take Profit: ArcelorMittal (ADR) Running +42% https://www.unum.capital/post/mt1401

  15. Free Underneath The Surface: Here's What's Happening on the JSE https://www.unum.capital/post/summary1401

  16. Free JSE Commodity Share: Measure Move Target = R175 https://www.unum.capital/post/2sol1401

  17. Free Update: Trading Above R400 https://www.unum.capital/post/nph1401

  18. Free Trading Sasol https://www.unum.capital/post/sol1401

  19. Free Trading Spot Platinum https://www.unum.capital/post/xpt1401

  20. Free Trading Spot Gold https://www.unum.capital/post/xau1401

  21. Free Besides Platinum & Gold Miners... https://www.unum.capital/post/stable1401

  22. Free JSE Sector Rotation Report https://www.unum.capital/post/sect1401

  23. Free Trading South 32 https://www.unum.capital/post/s321301

  24. Free Trading Alphamin Resources https://www.unum.capital/post/aph1301

  25. Free Take Profit (ETF): ETF Running +63% https://www.unum.capital/post/litp1301

  26. Free Trading Harmony Gold https://www.unum.capital/post/har1301

  27. Free Momentum Profile: Resources https://www.unum.capital/post/mpresource1301

  28. Free Momentum Profile: Financials https://www.unum.capital/post/mpfin1301

  29. Free Momentum Profile: Tech/Telco https://www.unum.capital/post/mpttelco1301

  30. Free Momentum Profile: Retail https://www.unum.capital/post/mpretail1301

  31. Free Market Breadth https://www.unum.capital/post/breadth1301

  32. Free Momentum Profile: Healthcare https://www.unum.capital/post/mphcare1301

  33. Free Target Exceeded at $54: iShares Metals & Mining ETF https://www.unum.capital/post/pick1301

  34. OUT OF OFFICE: MONDAY, 12 JANUARY

  35. Free Trading Spot Gold https://www.unum.capital/post/xau1101

  36. Free JSE Breadth Factor Report https://www.unum.capital/post/breadth1101

  37. Free Thungela Resources (MT/LT) https://www.unum.capital/post/tga1101

  38. Free Take Profit: U.S. Coal Miner https://www.unum.capital/post/hcc1101

  39. Free US: 3 Sectors To Watch https://www.unum.capital/post/uscomp1101

  40. Free US Sector Rotation https://www.unum.capital/post/usect1101

  41. Free JSE Sector Rotation https://www.unum.capital/post/rota1101

  42. Free JSE Sector Breakout https://www.unum.capital/post/jsect1101

  43. Free Trading Sasol (MT/LT) https://www.unum.capital/post/sol1101

  44. Free Trading Spot Silver https://www.unum.capital/post/xag1101

  45. Free Trading Exxaro Resources https://www.unum.capital/post/exx0901

  46. Free Trade Idea: Take The Money & Run! https://www.unum.capital/post/jseplat0901

  47. Free JSE Sector Rotation Report https://www.unum.capital/post/rota0901

  48. Free JSE Sector: 'Sleeping Giant' Awakening https://www.unum.capital/post/giant0901

  49. Free Trade Ideas: (1) New Setup Forming + (2) Potential Breakout https://www.unum.capital/post/avi0901

  50. Free Take (Partial) Profits: Retailer Running 5.5% https://www.unum.capital/post/shp0801

  51. Free Bull Flag Played Out. Now +R103 https://www.unum.capital/post/slm0801

  52. Free Trading Spot Silver https://www.unum.capital/post/xau0801

  53. Free Trading Woolworths https://www.unum.capital/post/whl0801

  54. Free Trading Harmony Gold (HAR) https://www.unum.capital/post/har0701

  55. Free Trading Sibanye Stillwater https://www.unum.capital/post/ssw0701

  56. Free Trading Harmony Gold (HMY) https://www.unum.capital/post/hmy0701

  57. Free Trading Spot Gold https://www.unum.capital/post/xau0701

  58. Free This Sector: Recovery Play https://www.unum.capital/post/ppulp0701

  59. Free Trading OUTsurance https://www.unum.capital/post/out0701

  60. Free Trading BHP Group https://www.unum.capital/post/bhg0701

  61. Free Take Profit on Invesco A.I ETF: Running +23% https://www.unum.capital/post/igpt0701

  62. Featured Post: Unum Capital Comment For Bloomberg https://www.unum.capital/post/bbg0701

  63. Free JSE Top 40 Index https://www.unum.capital/post/j2000701

  64. Free Dow Jones Industrial Average https://www.unum.capital/post/djia0701

  65. Free JSE Platinum Miners https://www.unum.capital/post/jseplat0701

  66. Free Motus Holdings https://www.unum.capital/post/mth0701

  67. Free Take Profit Invesco Precious Metals Fund: Running +66% https://www.unum.capital/post/dbp0601

  68. Free Take Profit on Southern Copper. Target Exceeded https://www.unum.capital/post/scco0601

  69. Free Take Profit: Target Reached & Running +25% https://www.unum.capital/post/tha0601

  70. Free JSE Industrial Share: Recovering & Running +10% (Hold) https://www.unum.capital/post/bvt0601

  71. Free JSE Miner: Trending Strongly, But 'Overbought' https://www.unum.capital/post/agl0601

  72. Free Take Profit: 2nd & Full Target Reached at 9400c https://www.unum.capital/post/gln0601

  73. Free Trading USD/ZAR https://www.unum.capital/post/usdzar0601

  74. Free Take Profit: Running +55% https://www.unum.capital/post/etfrho0601

  75. Free Trading S&P 500 Index https://www.unum.capital/post/spx0601

  76. Free Trading Spot Silver https://www.unum.capital/post/xag0601

  77. Free Trading US-Listed Harmony Gold (HMY) https://www.unum.capital/post/hmy0601

  78. Free Trading Spot Gold https://www.unum.capital/post/xau0601

  79. Free JSE Sector Rotation Report https://www.unum.capital/post/rota0601

  80. Free Ranking The JSE Sectors https://www.unum.capital/post/rank0601

  81. Free Room To Run: Target of R386 https://www.unum.capital/post/kio0601

  82. Free 2nd Target Exceeded On This Insurer https://www.unum.capital/post/omu0501

  83. Premium Content. Room To Run: A Breakout Similar To Capitec Bank https://www.unum.capital/post/cpi0501

  84. Free Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin https://www.unum.capital/post/btc0501

  85. Free Trading Spot Gold https://www.unum.capital/post/xau0501

  86. Free Take Profit on Investec Ltd https://www.unum.capital/post/inl0401

  87. Free This Chart Has A Similar Pattern To Absa https://www.unum.capital/post/pph0401

  88. Free Take Profit on British American Tobacco https://www.unum.capital/post/bti0401

  89. Free JSE Sector Rotation Report https://www.unum.capital/post/rota0101

  90. Free JSE Top 40 Index https://www.unum.capital/post/j2002812

  91. Free JSE Top 10: High Level View 🟢🟡🔴 https://www.unum.capital/post/dash0101

  92. Free Take Profit on MTN Group https://www.unum.capital/post/mtn0201

  93. Free Take Profit on Exxaro Resources https://www.unum.capital/post/exx0101

  94. Free Momentum Dashboard 🟢🟡🔴 https://www.unum.capital/post/mdash2912

  95. Free U.S. Sector Rotation Report https://www.unum.capital/post/usrota0101

  96. Free JSE Food Retailers https://www.unum.capital/post/foodret0101

  97. Free South 32 https://www.unum.capital/post/s320101

  98. Free Netcare https://www.unum.capital/post/ntc0101

  99. Free Kumba Iron Ore https://www.unum.capital/post/kio0101

  100. Free Standard Bank https://www.unum.capital/post/sbk0101

  101. Free Glencore Plc https://www.unum.capital/post/gln2912

  102. Free JSE Sectors Rotation Report https://www.unum.capital/post/rota2812

  103. Free Global Market Risk Index https://www.unum.capital/post/risk2812

  104. Free JSE Banks https://www.unum.capital/post/banks2812

  105. Free JSE Platinum Miners https://www.unum.capital/post/platmin2812

  106. Free JSE Diversified Miners https://www.unum.capital/post/dmine2812

  107. Free JSE Insurers https://www.unum.capital/post/insure2812

  108. Free JSE Technology Sector https://www.unum.capital/post/tech2812

  109. Free Satrix Resources https://www.unum.capital/post/stxres2812

  110. Free S&P 500 Index https://www.unum.capital/post/sp5002812

  111. Free Spot Gold https://www.unum.capital/post/xau2812

  112. Free Spot Platinum https://www.unum.capital/post/xpt2812

  113. Free Spot Silver https://www.unum.capital/post/xag2812

  114. Free Sibanye Stillwater https://www.unum.capital/post/ssw2812

  115. Free Retail Share vs Top 40 https://www.unum.capital/post/tfg2812

  116. Free Firstrand https://www.unum.capital/post/fsr2812

  117. Free Trading Harmony Gold (HMY) https://www.unum.capital/post/hmy2812

  118. Free Valterra Platinum https://www.unum.capital/post/val2812


During December 2025, clients were alerted to various opportunities to take profits:

  1. Take Profit Palladium: Physical ETF (PALL) https://www.unum.capital/post/pall2212

  2. Take Profit Palladium: 1nvest ETF (ETFPLD) https://www.unum.capital/post/etfpld1912

  3. Take Profit Palladium: Spot (XPDUSD) https://www.unum.capital/post/xpd1812

  4. Take Profit Mr. Price https://www.unum.capital/post/mrp0512

  5. Take Profit Absa Group https://www.unum.capital/post/2abg0412

  6. Take Profit Thungela Resources https://www.unum.capital/post/tga0512

  7. Take Profit iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining ETF Producers ETF https://www.unum.capital/post/pick0312

  8. Take Profit iShares MSCI Brazil ETF https://www.unum.capital/post/ewz0312

  9. Take Profit Glencore Plc https://www.unum.capital/post/gln0312

  10. Take Profit Exxaro Resources https://www.unum.capital/post/exx0312

  11. Take Profit Harmony Gold https://www.unum.capital/post/har0312

  12. Take Profit Valterra Platinum https://www.unum.capital/post/val0212

  13. Take Profit Northam Platinum https://www.unum.capital/post/nph0212

  14. Take Profit Silver http://unum.capital/post/xag0112

  15. Take Profit Spot Platinum https://www.unum.capital/post/xpt0112

  16. Take Profit MTN Group https://www.unum.capital/post/mtn0112

  17. Take Profit Nedbank Group https://www.unum.capital/post/2ned0112

  18. Take Profit Copper Miners ETF https://www.unum.capital/post/copx2212

  19. Take Profit Citi https://www.unum.capital/post/c2212

  20. Take Profit Bid Corp https://www.unum.capital/post/bid1812  


Lester Davids

Senior Investment Analyst: Unum Capital


In late December, we analyzed several instruments on their weekly and monthly time frames. Unless there has been significant swings in price since then, these views remain relevant.

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