In recent weeks, investors have been on a President Zuma-fuelled rollercoaster ride as market valuations and currencies reacted to the political and economic fallout of the Cabinet reshuffle. Everyone is trying to figure out what this means for the...
While we are getting our debts under control, we are not investing in wealth-creating assets. The recently released South African Household Wealth Index for the third quarter of 2016 identified some interesting trends around household wealth...
You really want to invest in the stock market but you don’t have enough money each month to buy expensive shares. Fractional investing is a cheap and easy way to invest at lower costs. After fielding numerous calls from listeners on Gareth Cliff’s...
By Sihle Lukhele, Institutional Investor Relationship Manager at Foord Asset Management. Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, defined an investment operation as “one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an...
A series of big, usually unexpected, events shaped the financial markets in 2016. Samantha Pauwels, Portfolio Manager at Cannon Asset Managers has put together a summary and analysis highlighting the tumultuous year.
Over the long term, value-styled investing outperforms growth-styled investing. However, for the last seven years, both globally and in South Africa, value investing has underperformed. Dr Andrew Dittberner, CIO at Cannon Asset Managers believes...
Lars Kroijer, author of Investing Demystified and a former hedge fund manager, has created a five-video series to explain investing, why you can’t beat the market, and why that fact is important. So if you don’t have the time to read his 200-page...
Lars Kroijer, author of Investing Demystified and a former hedge fund manager, has created a five-video series to explain investing, why you can’t beat the market, and why that fact is important. So if you don’t have the time to read his 200-page...
By Geoff Blount, MD, BayHill Capital Looking at the JSE super sectors, it is extremely interesting how their contributions to the JSE Top 40 index have changed over time. In part, this reflects the changing fortunes of the sectors in the South...
Lars Kroijer, author of Investing Demystified and a former hedge fund manager, has created a five-video series to explain investing, why you can’t beat the market, and why that fact is important. So if you don’t have the time to read his 200-page...
By Lesiba Mothata, Chief Economist – Investment Solutions It is not often that the effects of an election can be directly observable in financial markets. This time around, however, the US election and the related ascent of Donald Trump to US President-elect was...
Lars Kroijer, author of Investing Demystified and a former hedge fund manager, has created a five-video series to explain investing, why you can’t beat the market, and why that fact is important. So if you don’t have the time to read his 200-page book, these videos...
Lars Kroijer, author of Investing Demystified and a former hedge fund manager, has created a five-video series to explain investing, why you can’t beat the market, and why that fact is important. So if you don’t have the time to read his 200-page book, these videos...
An election process, whereby MTN Zakhele ordinary shareholders are able to elect whether they would like to receive cash, MTN Group shares, MTN Zakhele Futhi shares or a combination of these options in exchange for their MTN Zakhele shareholding, has been underway...
Research finds that the tax-free savings account is still misunderstood. If there’s one thing the financial industry is good at, it is complicating things that should be fairly simple. Tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs) were meant to be really simple long-term savings...
If you are a Liberty customer you may want to take advantage of discounted shares in the new Liberty property listing. Towards the end of this year Liberty will be listing its premium property portfolio which includes the iconic Sandton City. The Liberty Property...
By Dave Mohr & Izak Odendaal, Old Mutual Multi-Managers The JSE All Share Index remains trapped within its two-year trading range of between 46 000 and 55 000 points, meaning that dividends and stock picking generated most of the returns for local investors. In US...
Dr Andrew Dittberner, Chief Investment Officer at Cannon Asset Managers, warns of the danger of confusing “big” with “great”. Conventional wisdom tells us that large, established companies are a safer and better investment option than smaller companies. These “blue...
Steven Nathan, CEO of low-cost investment company 10X Investments highlights the three biggest investment anomalies and how to avoid them. When asked why the majority of South Africans fail to reach their retirement goal, most industry players will cite factors such...
The winds of change – from the growth in anti-establishment movements to ageing populations – are causing red flags to flutter and require investors to diversify their approach, according to former head of the Anglo American Chairman’s Fund and renowned scenario...