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ETF: Track your favourite with the JSE

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

ETF investors don’t need to pay too much attention to daily market movements. Indices follow rules. Since ETF issuers take care of the rule following, us investors can basically just sit back and watch our assets grow. Traders and individual share investors rely heavily on performance data to keep track of the success of their ...

Wealthy Maths: COVID-19 action plan

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, Wealthy Maths

COVID-19 may have wrecked havoc on your financial plans, but perhaps your plans can adapt to the new circumstances? Since each situation is different, this Wealthy Maths post won’t include a calculation per se. Instead, we’ll be sharing some of the variables you should consider when making the best of a bad money situation.

JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Going BIG

Simon BrownJSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Day 28 of lockdown. Oil, negative pricing? I thought I'd seen it all when interest rates went negative, but no ~ oil says "hold my beer". I Tweeted about it. Short version, don't now suddenly decide you are an oil trader. Overnight WTI Oil (West Texas Intermediate) traded at a negative $40. Yip ...

Cash Club: When an emergency hits

Njabulo NsibandeCash Club, Latest

Any financially savvy person will tell you that an emergency fund is the most important piece of your portfolio, and that you should have enough cash to cover your living expenses for three to six months. When it comes to emergency funds, I realised two things: 1. When I'm in an emergency, I'm not saving ...
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ETF: Volatility case study

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

Us DIY investors don’t often get to see volatility in action. For the most part volatility is something reserved for the mysterious back-rooms of index houses. Fortunately, this year’s market crash is giving us all the opportunity to see volatility flex.  If you owned an ETF in March, your understanding of volatility is probably close ...

Retire: Emergency funds and retirement

Carina JoosteLatest, Retire

Here’s a question: You’re newly retired, and thinking about cashing out your emergency fund. As most of your expenses might be under control during this time, and you don’t have to worry about the consequences of losing your job, the purpose of an emergency fund does not apply to you anymore, right?  Emergency funds are ...