Thought I would start the year with a philosophical article in posing the question when is enough, enough? Establishing if you have enough for retirement is a simple exercise of figuring out the income you need to fund your lifestyle
Commentators who think they know it all
My favourite to despise financial commentator, MH for anonymity reasons, was up to his old tricks this week with another article trashing SA in favour of offshore investing. He is confident and outspoken in his view, which reminds me of
Will retirees’ capital last entire stretch?
This week I would like to focus on the term capital income, which is usually used to describe the taxable portion of a capital gain realised. However, the term capital income is also applicable in retirement planning. Let me explain
The estate planning benefit of retirement funds
Retirement Funds are well understood for the income tax benefit in that contributions to retirement funds are tax deductible based on 27.5% of a person’s taxable income, capped on R 350 000 per annum. Often overlooked is the estate planning benefit
Retirement is a ticking bomb
I fear the average South African is facing a ticking time bomb iro underfunded retirement as we continue to kick the proverbial can down the road until we are forced to deal with the reality of the situation and then
What does money really mean to you?
Establishing if you have enough for retirement is a fairly simple exercise of determining how much income you need to fund your lifestyle and then calculating how much capital is required to provide for this income using an assumed rate
A more sustainable provision for retirement
Living Annuities are currently under the spotlight and likely to be blamed for poor retirement outcomes. However, this is like blaming traffic fatalities on the invention of the motor vehicle. Taking a step back living annuities have all but replaced
Rational investors sit it out
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;
Plan for, but don’t live for tomorrow
Many of my clients have recently approached me to determine if they have enough capital to retire with. I think the reason for this is the fantastic growth we have witnessed from investments and properties over the past decade, which
You’ve got enough
The American financial planning industry is currently running a campaign to promote retirement savings. In typical US fashion it’s all about ‘hitting the number”, having enough capital in order to retire. I was reminded by a new client the other