Latest Archives - Page 71 of 136

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Mini podcast: When should rands become dollars?

Kristia van Heerden 30 December 2019Latest, The Fat Wallet

Timing is everything in investing. If you could get the timing right on every single investment, you’d be rich before anyone else. What we want, in theory, is to put the money in when it costs the least and take it out when it costs the most. That’s it, really. Unfortunately it’s impossible to know ...

Mini podcast: Talking to family about money

Kristia van Heerden 23 December 2019Latest, The Fat Wallet

Why is it so hard to talk to family about money? Shouldn’t the people who love and care about us most be most open to what we have to say? At our live event in Cape Town, someone wanted to know how they can convince their family members to think like them about money. We ...

Podcast: FTSE 100 structured product

Simon Brown 19 December 2019JSE Direct, Latest

FTSE 100 structured product In the last show for 2019 Simon chats to Viv Govender and Gary Booysen from Rand Swiss on their latest structured product. This time it is an auto call over the FTSE100 in US$. We also chat a bit about Brexit and what it actually means; good, bad or ugly. Download ...

Mini podcast: Emigration preparation

Kristia van Heerden 16 December 2019Latest, The Fat Wallet

If you know you'll be leaving the country for good in the next few years, should you invest your money or keep everything in cash? In the first of five mini Fat Wallet episodes, we help Karlien think through some options. Karlien Your show gets me excited to invest, but I'm at a weird place right ...

Podcast: Understanding a risk parity portfolio

Simon Brown 12 December 2019JSE Direct, Latest

This podcast brought to you by Absa CIB Len Jordaan, Index and Structured Solutions, Absa CIB Simon and Len delve into understanding risk and how it applies to your Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) selection, both as a basket of different ETFs you put together but also as to which individual ETF you may be buying ...

ETF: When passive looks active

Kristia van Heerden 11 December 2019ETF Blog, Latest

When I started writing this blog in 2016, the idea was to unpack the insides of local ETFs to help you choose the right one for your portfolio. This forced me to keep a close eye on the ETF industry. It’s been a great time to do so. While ETF investors are sometimes colloquially called ...

Retire: The post-retirement plan

Carina Jooste 10 December 2019Latest, Retire

When it comes to numbers and retirement, the digits that enjoy the most attention in retirement planning is your retirement number - the amount you would need to have in retirement savings to enjoy a comfortable old age. However, your retirement age is equally as important - if not more so. Because that’s where you ...

Podcast: End of year money reflections

Kristia van Heerden 9 December 2019Latest, The Fat Wallet

The end of the year is a good time to take stock of how things went financially. At the beginning of 2018, Simon and I discussed our money resolutions for the year. At the end of last year, we revisited some of our financial assumptions. To wrap up our 2019 Fat Wallet year, we once ...

Podcast: The economy is broken

Simon Brown 5 December 2019JSE Direct, Latest

Upcoming events; 05 December ~ Position your portfolio for 2020 Download the audio file here Subscriber to our feed here Sign up for email alerts as a new show goes live Subscribe or review us in iTunes Simon Shares Third quarter GDP came in at -0.6% making the fourth negative GDP in the last seven quarters (since Jan 2018). ...

ETF: Understanding the S&P Givi Financial 15 ETF

Kristia van Heerden 4 December 2019ETF Blog, Latest

The Absa Capital S&P GIVI Financial 15 ETF is a strange beast. While the name creates the impression that the ETF is invested exclusively in South Africa’s world-class banking and financial services sector, the ETF also includes a fair but of real estate investment trust (REIT) investments. Banks and life insurance companies are also represented ...