Financial Advisor
If you are disappointed with returns from your investment portfolio over the last quarter, then that probably means you have a well-diversified strategy with plenty of exposure offshore. If that’s the case, then you shouldn’t worry too much about the
For this week’s article I am going to ask you to pretend you are living in a make-believe world, which shouldn’t be too hard, just follow our supreme leaders example by living in denial until you believe your own lies;
As investors we are taught not to let macro factors overly influence our investment decisions. There is empirical evidence suggesting that even if you can correctly call a macro event like Brexit it is still impossible to know how the
A recent Credit Suisse report revealed the best performing stock market since 1900 to be none other than our own ALSI. Hard to believe considering all the turmoil SA has been through over the last 116 years or maybe that
I was invited to spend a full day with arguably South Africa’s top asset manager; you go there with very high expectations hoping to get all the answers. These are the guys with the enviable track- record of consistently beating
If you do not want to erode capital in retirement your investment return must provide for both income and costs after inflation. If you’re drawing 5% income and the underlying costs are 2.5% then your investment needs to earn 7.5%
Risk is one of, if not the most misunderstood concept when it comes to proper investing. I hope to remove some of the confusion around the concept of risk by firstly covering the various terms used to describe risk and
Blame it on a mid-life crisis, but I recently acquired a motorcycle much to my mother’s dismay. I vividly recall the same response from her some 32 years ago when my Dad agreed to me getting a 2nd hand 50cc
The secret of happiness or rather the reason for unhappiness is the gap between our objective reality and our imagined expectations. If you imagine yourself flying 1st class, you are not likely to be very happy while sitting in coach.
It is interesting how Rand weakness seems to negatively affect our collective psyche and overall sentiment, notwithstanding that most South Africans probably don’t understand the full implications of currency weakness. Maybe it’s our fears of becoming a banana republic like