When the stock market behaves like a yoyo it is good to remind yourself of what a share price really is and that is a daily offer from someone to buy and / or sell you a business. If you
Always do your homework
Today is Friday and not just any Friday it is “Black Friday”, the day every self-respecting shopper looks forward to when just about everything goes on sale with knock-down price bargains to be had. The frenzy is palatable with a
Keep those emotions at bay
Our love for stories and the ability to share stories widely has been mooted as the key determinant of our success as humankind, but also our potential downfall as investors. We cannot resist a good story, which talks to our
Emotional investors need good advice
Allan Gray asset management recently came under fire in an article, in which the author opined their recent poor relative performance. The author, who will remain nameless as I think he may have been looking for publicity, blamed the disappointing
Here’s looking forward to the mirror image of 2020 for 2021
Driving to Cape Town on the N2 last week I witnessed a young lady come to near standstill as she turned her head around to look-in her back window in order to check on approaching traffic before changing lanes. This
Beware TINA!
The tile 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
Covid-19 causes K-shaped crisis
The recent COVID-19 crisis should be a reminder that sh…t happens and the importance of stress testing your personal finances. The shape of the recovery is best described by the letter K with the upward sloping arm of the K
Better returns over the next five years
As it turns out my crystal ball really works. Unfortunately, I only realise that now after going through all my articles written in 2013 when the crystal ball correctly predicted the lousy returns of the last 5 years. Of course,
Debt spiral – deal with it now or never
“Never let a good crisis go to waste”. Winston Churchill Have you ever stood on a cliff and felt the way your mind and body respond to the threat of being one step away from sure death? It is a
Wholesale buy-in to Covid-19 “spook story” is costly
I would much rather be writing about something other than Covid-19, but this is clearly the only story in town. I use the word story purposely not to make light of the pandemic, but as a play on the word