Being invested in any investment market over the last 5 years has been one hell of a ride. Just in SA you would have experienced all time highs in some markets (JSE Allshare reaching above 60 000) and some spectacular crashes in others (SA Listed property index down 24% from its 1 year high), now […]
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4 Tips for getting into the local equity market.
With more red than green days this month and year, the Local Equity market is proving to be a very scary place both for existing investors and for those looking to enter into this new world. It comes with promises of the highest returns in history. Just take a look at the numbers below: 15.44% […]
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Yesterday, Finance Minister Tito Titus Mboweni delivered his maiden medium term budget speech. WOW. Some of the head lines I have read include the following: “Mid Term Budget Speech: 13 most important quotes from Tito Mboweni”, “Mboweni’s budget speech underwhelming: Shivambu”, “South Africa’s Rand Slumps after Mboweni’s Budget […]
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When it comes to investing your hard earned money, most people want the highest possible return and the least possible risk. Sound familiar? Well there is no such investment that gives you the highest return available with the lowest risk on your capital – sorry to burst your bubble. We typically find ourselves either taking […]
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So after some pretty bleak GDP numbers yesterday our beloved South African Rand took another beating after the SA economy slipped into a technical recession after two quarters of negative GDP growth.If i had to ascribe the ZAR to a character it would be similar to that of Mike Tyson… […]
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Scary Market Conversations
Scary Market Conversations. Are you having them with your financial planner? Are they having them with you? Do you want to be having them or do you just want someone to blame for the lack of market returns? The Truth of the matter is that we are living in SCARY MARKETS, there is so much […]
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Scary Market Conversations. Are you having them with your financial planner? Are they having them with you? Do you want to be having them or do you just want someone to blame for the lack of market returns? The Truth of the matter is that we are living in SCARY MARKETS, there is so much […]
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