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Most South Africans say they are experiencing anxiety (55%) and nearly half are dealing with financial pressure (46%) and/or depression (40%) during…
a lesson from steady investors
Women outperform men by 1.8% when it comes to investment performance, according to a 2018 study by the Warwick Business School. The study…
The ins and outs of offshore investing
Considering South Africa’s stock market represents only around 1% of the world’s total listed equity market capitalisation, having some offshore equity exposure…
Basics of Investing
“What is a unit trust?” is among the top 10 financially related questions South Africans search on Google. This is according to…
Markets don’t care about elections. Or do they?
Like the election itself, South Africa’s markets are in a quandary. The economy is in a poor state, but SA’s stock markets…
Knowing your locus of control
How you can influence your investment outcomes – After an undeniably tough 2018, the local market staged a turnaround during the first…
Your Financial Year Checklist
The current 2018/2019 tax year is ending on 28 February 2019. During this time, it is important to remember to make use…
We take a look back
In this post, we look back at the year’s performance of the various asset classes and highlight one of the most statistically significant…
Is Cash King?
It has been a good few years for cash. As shown in Graph 1, over the past three years cash (i.e. highly liquid…
Why cash can be the riskiest asset of all
When you consider the biggest risk to your wealth – Every investor would have heard of equity and listed property referred to…