Financial Advisor
The rating downgrade is not the concern, but the reason for the downgrade is. Rating agencies primarily consider two critical factors when issuing a credit rating. Firstly, your ability to pay back the debt and secondly your willingness. How does
The recent political rhetoric or should I say open warfare between the premier league a.k.a. Zuma and cronies vs. the reformists is heating up rapidly and likely to get a lot worse before the ANC elective conference in December. The
Why all the fuss over the recent cabinet reshuffle and the firing of Pravin Gordhan (PG) as Minister of Finance. Quite simply the treasury has been “captured”; the next institution under threat would be the Reserve Bank and then the
Eight years after the global financial crisis the world economy is expected to have its best year as broad based synchronised growth takes hold across the globe. Even SA is expected to deliver growth of around 1.5% vs. a dismal
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
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
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
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
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
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