How does inflation impact the value of your investment? Most investors know about inflation. Everyone experiences inflation on a personal level when we see the average price level of goods and services rise every year. We also understand that the Real value of capital decreases by inflation every year. Although we experience it on an […]
Monthly Market & Fund Update Markets bounced back sharply during April on the back of positive news. Many countries started to relax lockdown restrictions and positive signs from China’s economy restored some hope that the impact from COVID 19 will be shorter lived than initially expected. April saw the 5th best month for the MSCI […]
Women outperform men by 1.8% when it comes to investment performance, according to a 2018 study by the Warwick Business School. The study tracked 2 800 investors’ behaviour and investment returns for three years. It found that women investors not only outperformed the FTSE 100 during that period, they also outshone their male counterparts. While annual […]
Goals-based investing is about aligning your investments with your life. When you decide how to invest, you should start with your end goal in mind in order to ensure that you are not distracted by short-term noise, such as a weakening or strengthening exchange rate, power failure or another Cabinet reshuffle. Goals-based investing, where an […]
Don’t just plan for retirement, Plan for a long life Those in the retirement industry bemoan the fact that South Africans are poor savers and are often one emergency away from trashing what savings they have. A survey shows that just one in three ‘baby boomers’ has any form of formal retirement saving. There are […]
When you consider the biggest risk to your wealth – Every investor would have heard of equity and listed property referred to as ‘risk assets’. They would also have seen a graph which shows the relative risk of different asset classes, with cash at the bottom as the ‘lowest risk’ and equity at the top […]
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) wants to help you pay for your retirement. The way in which they do this is by offering generous tax deductions when you make contributions to your retirement annuity (RA), pension or provident fund. On 1 March 2016, the tax deductions for retirement savings increased from 15% to 27.5% – which means you can […]
This week , S&P cut South Africa’s long-term foreign currency debt rating to one notch below investment grade. The local currency rating was also cut but remains investment grade. The outlook was kept as negative: Long-term foreign currency rating cut to BB+ from BBB- Long-term local currency rating cut to BBB- from BBB Below is […]
The average price to buy a house in South Africa right now South African property tracker ooba has released its latest oobarometer for the third quarter of 2016, showing that property prices have climbed almost 6% year on year. However, prices have dropped quarter on quarter, declining 3.3% from Q2. “When adjusting for inflation, house […]
