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A Near ‘Perfect Storm’ For Investors
Local bonds soar, while risk assets endure rising volatility and falling returns. Despite positive signs of a turnaround in South Africans’ prospects in the first quarter of 2018, investors endured a very difficult period. Indeed, it was a perfect storm for investors...
The Big 5 Retirement Planning Mistakes
There is no doubt about it, the past 4 or so years have been extremely tough for retirees. Constant price increases, higher taxes, higher fuel and food prices and a market that has traded sideways, not offering much in investment performance, has made retirement less...
The Process of Winding Up an Estate
A deceased estate comes into existence following a person’s death, whether they leave behind a valid Will or not. If they do not leave behind a valid will, it will mean that the estate will be wound up intestate, which will still follow the same procedure as listed...
The Importance of Long-Term Assurance
It’s almost the middle of the year and you may have updated your short-term insurance policies, but do you give your long-term assurance the same attention? This includes your life insurance policies, dread disease cover and income protection policy. Although it may...
Rand Cost Averaging: An Important Concept to Trust During Tough Economic Times
Markets move in cycles, which is great when they are trending upwards but when markets move in the wrong direction, concern and sometimes panic can start to creep into our minds – after all, we are only human. Unfortunately, this is usually when the most detrimental...
8 Undervalued Ways an Advisor Contributes to Financial Planning
A professional, independent financial advisor can add considerable value to a household’s wealth over time, but not in the way that many people would think. Being a financial advisor goes beyond simply selecting an investment product or deciding which funds to invest...
Financial Planning Must Always Include Continuous Estate Planning
Although it is important to ensure you are invested in investment vehicles which are tax efficient, it is equally important to ensure your investment planning takes into account estate planning to ensure that you have made sufficient provision to minimize estate...
Diversification – The Only Free Lunch
If you look back over the last few years, returns have been dismal and making a choice on where to invest has been a tough call on where you would find the best value and achieve the best returns. When offshore equities were doing well, the rand was appreciating. When...
South Africa – Post December 2017
A new dawn begins The new year has seemingly initiated a new dawn for South African investors. We have witnessed a pronounced improvement in market sentiment since December’s historical political events, with widespread strength in South African equities and the rand....
Growing Your Investment by Saving Small Incremental Amounts Each Month
Whether you earn R5 000 or R50 000 a month, the only way to save is to spend less than that amount. It may be really tough to create space in an already-stretched budget but taking steps to develop a habit of saving and living within your means, is important to...
A Feeling of Renewed Optimism
It’s all happening…and so fast! Can you feel it, the optimism? What a crazy and exciting beginning to the year with the fall of Zuma and the appointment of Ramaphosa. In the recent couple of months so many things have happened that one feel’s rather dizzy trying to...
Key Themes for 2018
There is no denying that there is a big sense of new optimism after a bumpy ride through 2017 for local and global markets – 2018 started off with a bang since Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as the new ANC president spurred an inflow into South African markets while a...
Ensure your Tax Benefits are maximized for the year
As we fast approach the end of the tax year, it is important to look at the contributions we have made to both our Tax-Free Savings accounts, as well as our Retirement Annuities to ensure we have maximized the tax benefits we can receive from these investments to help...
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