Maya and Mapalo discuss how women tend to approach money and finances and why this can be either a positive or hold them back from taking necessary risk. Sean Sanders and Louis Buys from crypto platform Revix join the discussion sharing their...
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Listen: Why investing “for good” will deliver better returns
Is it possible to invest in socially responsible businesses and make a return on your investment? In this podcast, Maya (@mayaonmoney) and Mapalo (@womanandfinance) chat to Duggan Matthews and Lourens Coetzee from Marriott Income Specialists, who...
Listen: The low-down on dividend investing
This week’s episode is part of our Investment Series where we focus on investing and specifically investing for a sustainable income. Maya and Mapalo chat to Lourens Coetzee and Duggan Matthews from Marriott about why investors are returning to a...
Should I include cryptocurrencies in my investment portfolio?
This post was sponsored by Revix. Nowadays, you‘ll have a hard time finding someone who hasn’t heard about Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies. But beyond the noise and sensational news headlines, the overwhelming majority of people have very limited...
Beware unregistered investments offering huge returns
Having an advert in a national newspaper does not necessarily make an investment opportunity legit. There are many investments being touted now on Facebook and even through adverts in mainstream media – including adverts placed with major Sunday...
What the Prosus listing means for benchmarks and investors
By Kyle Hulett, member of the Actuarial Society of South Africa. The listing of Prosus, the new company that holds the international online assets of South African media group Naspers, marks another key step in the unbundling of Naspers, which...
Do your homework when buying shares in a company
Headline results are not the only factor to consider when investing. As a first-time investor in the stock market, the best starting point is to invest in a unit trust or exchange-traded fund. This allows you to start with a relatively small amount...
How investments fit into your portfolio
When it comes to investing for the longer term you need to make sure you build up a sustainable and well-diversified investment portfolio. For example, having no retirement fund but investing all your spare cash in bitcoin or forex trading would be...
How to interpret financial results
You should be able to assess the health of a company by looking at certain key indicators from their financial results. All companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange are required to issue financial results twice a year ‒ interim results...
How to give your child the retirement you wish you had
Most parents want to leave their children a legacy, but what if you could leave your children a secure retirement? A retirement that they never have to save a cent towards and that is completely tax free? According to Nic Andrew, executive head of...
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Investments in VCCs no longer looking so attractive
By Doné Howell, Director, Head of Individuals, Trusts and Estates, BDO South Africa On Monday, National Treasury released the draft bills for public comment, which once approved will serve to effect the legislative amendments announced as part of the 2019 Budget...
Naspers’s Euronext listing plan – a sting in the tail for retail investors?
Retail investors in Naspers shares will have to decide whether to pay capital gains tax or take on more Naspers shares. While we will have to wait for the prospectus to confirm the details, Peter Armitage and Mike Gresty of Anchor, a JSE-listed wealth management...
Avoiding the headline investing trap
By Nicholas Hops, Coronation Equity Analyst It is perilously easy for investors to get caught up in the sentiment of the day and buy into ‘story stocks’. Not wanting to miss out on the next big thing, the market often drives up the price of favourably positioned...
Is now the time to start investing?
The worst type of investing is trying to time the market. According to research done by investment research house Morningstar, more than half of the money that flowed into South African investment funds last year went to low-risk fixed-income funds. This is no doubt...
Buying a cryptocurrency bundle
With the collapse of Bitcoin from over R250 000 to around R70 000 today, the hype around cryptocurrencies has largely died down. It usually takes a wipeout for people to understand exactly what is meant by a risky investment. However, pundits argue that there is a...
How to choose an ETF
One of the greatest frustrations I have as a personal finance educator is how many unnecessary investment options there are for individuals. Did you know that there are over 1 200 unit trusts available in South Africa? That’s three times the number of companies listed...
Stick with blue-chip multinationals
By Preston Narainsamy, Investment Professional at Marriott Asset Management Despite a backdrop of robust economic growth in 2018, market returns across the globe were disappointing. The decline was driven by a slowdown in economic activity coupled with investor fears...
Video: Investment returns
We invest our money because we want it to grow or give us an income. But depending on what you invest in, there are different types of investment returns. Interest income is probably the best understood: it is what you earn when you deposit money with a bank or buy a...
Why cash has been king
Investors in cash have had better real returns in the last two years than any time since the end of the credit crisis fallout in 2010. A real return is the difference between the interest you earn and the inflation rate. The normal rule of thumb is that an investment...
Earning an income from a cow
Livestock Wealth is a 'crowdfarming' platform that connects investors looking to invest in cattle with farmers looking for funds to grow their farms. With lacklustre ‒ and even negative ‒ returns from the stock market over the last three years, investors are looking...