Do not chase yesterdays winners
If you think you are in the wrong unit trust because your fund has not performed to your expectations, it may be that you backed yesterday's winner. Unfortunately this could be due to bad investment advice. Numerous brokers, that also give investment advice would give...
An investor biggest enemy
There are a few aspects that directly impact the outcome of your investment results. These are things like market volatility, total investment cost, asset allocation, diversification, inflation and risk profiling, to only name a few. For the long-term investor there...
Offshore Investing
Unfortunately, South Africans have a history of panicking when the Rand weakens sharply and then respond by taking money offshore. This is a typical investment rookie mistake as the timing of moving money offshore just when the Rand has weakened sharply could be very...
Offshore exposure is key, not only now but Always.
When it comes to investments we live in a world of continuous uncertainties and high levels of volatility. And recent events have once more amplified just that. Countries and economies don’t function in bubbles. And that is even more evident for us as South Africans,...
A Perfect time to reflect.
This Covid -19 and our consequent “lock Down” is probably the single biggest event to date for our generation. We are in desperate times and what we see worldwide is desperate measures being implemented. Who would ever have thought something like this happening to us,...
Can you survive without your income?
For each of us the words “earning ability” will mean something different. Having an earning ability should put you in a position to earn an income, make a living and provide for your family and dependents. The method of earning will be diverse. Contingent to each...
Much more than just a bloody nose.
What we all hoped would only be be slight correction in the markets turns out to be an outright panic. We’ve seen worldwide sell-offs as investors de-risk their portfolios. Taking some profits where possible. On the local front it is not a very pleasant picture...
The Unknown unknowns.
This past month we saw one of the bloodiest and fastest market collapses since 2008. And we still need to brace for whatever the coming weeks will bring, luckily there have been some retraction but that might be short lived in extremely volatile market. The corona...
Asking the hard questions
In the tough financial and economic times that we find ourselves in, the most astonishing thing that I see on a day to day basis is that clients make investments or pay their monthly retirement annuity contributions for years and years without asking one of the most...
