Fact-A-Day Archive

Companies with easily pronounceable names do better the first week after the shares are issued (though the effect does disappear… Read More

Professional golfers are more successful when putting for par than for a birdie (for putts of equivalent length). The difference… Read More

A 2012 survey conducted by Amadeus Air Traffic Travel Intelligence has revealed that the flight route between Cape Town and… Read More

Just 5% of South African adults have travelled by air outside of South Africa. (AMPS2012B) This week’s theme: Transport in… Read More

Based on data from 60 countries, Bloomberg found that South African’s spend the largest proportion of their annual personal income… Read More

In 2011, 12% of South African households avoided using public transport when alone in their area for fear of crime…. Read More