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thriving
July 2, 2020

Financial Freedom : from surviving to thriving

Most South Africans say they are experiencing anxiety (55%) and nearly half are dealing with financial pressure (46%) and/or depression (40%) during…

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steady investors
October 22, 2019

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…

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offshore investments
September 18, 2019

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…

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Unit Trust
August 19, 2019

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…

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May 6, 2019

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…

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April 23, 2019

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…

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tax
February 19, 2019

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…

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December 31, 2018

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…

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November 30, 2018

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…

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April 9, 2018

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…

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