Financial Advisor
At gym the other day a local minister mentioned that he regularly read my article. He questioned me on the difficulty of selecting a new topic each week. His passing words were, “at least you know how we ministers feel
The following is an extract from client feedback written for an offshore client invested in a portfolio of multi-asset global mutual funds, which I feel touches on some important investment points for the current investment environment and investment principles in
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;
I like to use the analogy of a pilot and co-pilot to describe the role / relationship between a financial adviser and the client. I have always considered the client to be the captain and the financial adviser the co-pilot
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
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.
The doldrums are noted for calm periods around the equator when the winds disappear, trapping sail-powered boats for periods of days or even weeks. There are many stories told of sailors going completely crazy while desperately hoping for wind and
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