Financial Advisor
As investors we hate ambiguity, we want certainty, which is why we dislike the idea of randomness. We want our advisors / managers to know exactly what is going on. Financial experts must speak confidently and explain what is driving
South Africans are feeling better without really knowing why. The positive sentiment is probably linked to the stronger rand, which is being driven by the stabilization of commodity prices and a renewed investor appetite for emerging markets; but mostly I
What does your financial adviser do for you? According to Daniel Kahneman Nobel prize winner and author of “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, financial advisers are responsible for: “The anticipation, diagnosis, and the management of client discomfort and regret.” Kahneman &
Here appears to be rumours doing the rounds predicting an almighty crash of the rand on the back of rating downgrade expectations for later this year. S&P rating agency are expected to announce heir SA sovereign rating review early in
After scoring a consensus 3 out of 10 for the 1st report, the Davis Tax Committee has delivered what I consider to be a vastly improved 2nd report, which I will touch on very briefly in this article. The key
The title of this week’s article refers to a comment made by a Coronation Fund Manager in reference to the indiscriminate firing of Minister Nene by President Zuma and then the subsequent reversal four days later when Des van Rooyen
The title of this week’s article sounds more like a tropical storm warning than a warning to investors, which may be appropriate given that TINA can be just as devastating on your wealth as a category five hurricane when making
A recent article published on Bloomberg referred to the cooling of the hottest residential property market in the world, no not the Atlantic Seaboard, but Sweden, which is apparently up 44% over the last few years. This should come as
I have generally avoided politics in my articles believing that politics and governments don’t really affect long-term investing; however the current political situation and policy crisis, which go hand in hand, in certainly a factor investors need to keep firmly in
What are investors referring to when they say “don’t put all your eggs in one basket?” In investment terminology this is called diversification, which entails the spreading of an investment between shares, property, bonds and cash both locally and offshore