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Podcast: Naspers or Prosus?

Simon Brown 27 June 2019JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares The Top40 is up almost 20% since the lows of November and over 12% year-to-date. But instead it feels all gloom and doom. Wescoal (JSE code: WSL) results look horrid, but they had strike issues when they employed a new contractor and that hit production and the leverage impact seriously hit HEPS. But ...

ETF: My first investment

Kristia van Heerden 26 June 2019ETF Blog, Latest

The most daunting decision a first-time investor has to make is what to buy. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can remove a lot of the anxiety around what to invest in. A single ETF investment can give an investor exposure to thousands of shares. If you are new to all of this, understanding ETFs will do a ...

Wealthy Maths: Savings rate

Stealthy Wealth 25 June 2019Latest, Wealthy Maths

One of the most important financial ratios you can calculate is your savings rate. This number represents how much of your money you are using to improve your financial situation (as opposed to blowing it on other things).

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Build your own financial plan

Kristia van Heerden 24 June 2019Latest, The Fat Wallet

If you are earning money, you probably know you should have an idea of where your money should go and why. Most of us avoid drawing up a financial plan because we think we don’t know enough to make good decisions. For some reason, the head-in-the-sand approach is the only comfortable thing about money when ...

Podcast: The Rand blame game

Simon Brown 20 June 2019JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Old Mutual (JSE code: OMU) has fired suspended CEO Peter Moyo and detailed what went wrong. The short version is that the company Moyo founded (NMT group), was CEO of and chair since taking up CEO at Old Mutual paid two dividends when they should in the first instance paid Old Mutual as ...

ETF: Invest in the USA

Kristia van Heerden 19 June 2019ETF Blog, Latest

In bygone days, the only way of getting offshore exposure in an investment portfolio was a complicated process involving moving and managing money abroad. While this process is still an option, it normally requires a large chunk of money to be worth the fees. Having assets offshore also complicates estate planning, because you need a ...

Cash Club: Tax-free retirement fund

Njabulo Nsibande 18 June 2019Cash Club, Latest

I’ve been following Just One Lap for the past three years. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that you should try and max out your tax-free savings account (TFSA) first. I always pass this bit of advice on to friends, family and anyone who cares to listen. Even before explaining what can ...

Podcast: Insurance vs investment

Kristia van Heerden 17 June 2019Latest, The Fat Wallet

We don’t recommend jumping into your first investment before you have your financial house in order. The humble emergency fund is at the heart of any good financial strategy, followed by insurance. At the beginning of your financial journey, you don’t have many assets. When you’re starting out, whether it’s getting a handle on debt ...

Podcast: Suspended, now what?

Simon Brown 13 June 2019JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares Solid Stor-Age (JSE code: SSS) results from a stock I have largely ignored and been wrong about. Interesting TymeBank presentation from African Rainbow Capital (JSE code: AIL). Lonmin (JSE code: LON) is gone, taken over by Sibanye Gold (JSE code: SGL). Lonmin has a consolidation adjusted all time high of over R33,000, exiting ...

ETF: Satrix Property ETF unpacked

Kristia van Heerden 12 June 2019ETF Blog, Latest

In February 2017, Satrix introduced its first property ETF, the STXPRO. The ETF tracks the S&P SA Composite Property Capped Index. For years, CoreShares dominated the property space with the Proptrax TEN and the Proptrax SAPY. However, later this year, CoreShares will likely merge these two ETFs and change the methodology. The new CoreShares ETF ...