Financial Advisor
You are probably aware there are some changes to the rules governing retirement savings, which come in effect on the 1st March. Unfortunately the only reason you are probably aware of this is all the negative publicity around Cosatu’s threats
I have generally avoided the Zuma topic believing that Presidents good or bad, don’t really have a material effect on investing; that all changed in Dec when our President summarily fired the then Finance Minister and replaced him with a
Albert Einstein is reportedly quoted as saying insanity is doing the same things and expecting a different outcome. Investors might feel the same way about changing an investment strategy that is currently working. Why fix something that’s not broken. I
As a 20 year old backpacker hitchhiking through Europe I had planned to run with the Bulls in Pamplona Spain, unfortunately I never made it to Spain. But thinking back as a fearless or stupid youngster this was probably a
This week all investors eyes and hears will be focused on Mrs Janet Yellen, Governor of the Federal Reserve, when she announces the decision on whether to raise US interest rates in June. The reason for this is that US
“It’s like reversing a trailer”, is one of the best analogies for following your intuitive thinking when it comes to investment decisions. You have to “turn” the other way to go in the “direction” you want. This week I want
The following is an extract from an article in the most recent Allan Gray Quarterly Commentary published Dec 2014, in which the writer addresses the inherent risks of investing in stock markets in an attempt to dampen the irrational exuberance
When our ancestors were running around in loincloth looking for food it was very important to be aware of threats in the environment. If you hoped to survive it paid you to remember where and when last you saw a
It seems appropriate this week, given the global issues at play, to address the concept of stock market risk. The financial service industries accepted definition of risk is that of volatility, which is the up and down movements (deviation) from
At the risk of committing career suicide I would like to admit the following. I have no idea the affect Ukraine will have on our share market over the next few months…….. I can hear the response “What! You don’t