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Can we work smarter and earn more?

Donna Willan 23 May 2017Latest, Money cents

Can we work less, still work well and earn enough money? I think about this a lot. I am tired of working long hours and feeling like work dominates everything. I don’t want my children to grow up to replicate this workaholic lifestyle – so I need to change something. But what? How can we work less, ...

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Offshore ETFs and currency moves

Kristia van Heerden 22 May 2017Latest, The Fat Wallet

Back in the bad old cabinet reshuffle days, I made some money trading my tax-free savings account. In that account, I was invested in the DBXWD and CSP500. The cabinet reshuffle led to a nauseating drop in the rand. The currency drop, in turn, resulted in an elating increase in the value of my dollar-denominated ...

Podcast: CoreShares three investment disciplines

Simon Brown 18 May 2017Latest, WorldWide Markets

CoreShares three investment disciplines Simon Shares Blitz round of result comments; Richemont* (JSE code: CFR) Calgro M3* (JSE code: CGR) Lonmin (JSE code: LON) Astral (JSE code: ARL) Vodacom (JSE code: VOD) Balwin (JSE code: BWN) * I hold ungeared positions. Upcoming events; CoreShares investment disciplines & transactional website JSE Power Hour: Investing while junk ...

A traders journal

Petri Redelinghuys 16 May 2017Latest, TraderPetri

One of the very first things that we are taught when we start trading, is to keep a journal of our trades. The reasoning is simple enough: keep a record of the trades you took, why you took them, their outcome and whatever you may have learned from the trade. Keeping this record allows us ...

Podcast: Optimal diversification strategy

Kristia van Heerden 15 May 2017Latest, The Fat Wallet

Aside from low cost and simplicity, ETFs are appealing because diversification is built in. When you invest in the 40 biggest South African companies, you invest in different sectors and different regions. You even get a degree of asset diversification in the form of property stocks. Episode 48. 48 minutes long. @simon_brown_za doesn't think I ...

Podcast: Trusting your trading system

Simon Brown 11 May 2017Latest, WorldWide Markets

Trusting your trading system Simon Shares Shoprite* (JSE code: SHP) announced that former CEO Basson would be exercising a put option to company forcing it to buy back some R1.8billion of Shoprite shares. No problem, except did we know about this put structure? They say it was part of his December 2003 employment contract, but ...

Managing petrol increases

Donna Willan 9 May 2017Latest, Money cents

Two weeks ago I mentioned the train running towards us on the tracks; it turns out it is actually hurtling towards us – the petrol increase. It was not whoppingly huge, but it was certainly big enough to have ripple effects beyond the price of petrol. Food prices, public transport, and air travel seem to always ...

Podcast: Using the price-earnings ratio

Kristia van Heerden 8 May 2017Latest, The Fat Wallet

About a year ago, Simon and I had lunch. I was about to go on holiday and there may have been some wine. During the course of the conversation Simon mentioned something about Sygnia and the price-earnings ratio. I didn’t really have any idea what he was talking about, so I made a note to ...

Podcast: How much money do you need to start?

Simon Brown 4 May 2017Latest, WorldWide Markets

How much money do you need to start? Simon Shares You know Apple results were truly average when even the fan boys say it was just okay. But that pile of cash, over a quarter trillion US$! MTN update looks decent for South Africa and Nigeria. Still tough in both but at least revenue is ...

Consistency is key

Petri Redelinghuys 2 May 2017Latest, TraderPetri

Consistency is key. Many people look at successful traders and think that they make large amounts of money in very short periods of time. Frankly put, this is a fallacy. Successful traders tend to make a lot of small gains on a very consistent basis. Sure they have the odd day that they shoot the ...