The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Endowments vs financial discipline

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, The Fat Wallet

Fat Wallet listener Kennith Brand asked us to unpack the advantages and disadvantages of endowments. In this podcast, Simon and I try to wrap our heads around what these products are, why they’re offered by insurance companies and whether you should be putting your money in them. Regular listeners will be unsurprised to find that…

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Warning! We say “ethics”

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, The Fat Wallet

…Visser points out in the article, the ETF has a few glitches. It’s over exposed to the local market, because locally-listed international companies aren’t required to be B-BBEE compliant. The weighting methodology leads to problematic exposures. All things considered, it’s not the best investment choice. However, it gives me the feels. I want to live…

Podcast: Can we trust Capitec?

Simon BrownJSE Direct, Latest

…of over $1.9 trillion – equal to half the size of the German economy. (source Sparkfin.com) Remgro (JSE code: REM) is doing another rights issue at R192.50, a decent discount to the current price of some R240. That said the book value of Remgro in the most recent results was R153.17 (intrinsic value was R306.44)….

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Can debt be good?

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, The Fat Wallet

…arbitrage the bank, buying a car and (oh goodness, why?) home loans. I mention Jason Pieterse’s fantastic email in this episode. I published that mail here. If you love us, please go tell iTunes here. It helps other people find us. If you have questions or comments, feel free to send them to ask@justonelap.com. Kris…

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Retirement and tax

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, The Fat Wallet

I recently realised, to my horror, that pension fund and retirement annuity providers are winning at consumer education. With my first job came an onslaught of pension fund providers vying to communicate with my broke ass. I didn’t know how to budget, how to manage my debt, how to navigate myself out of a brown…

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Short-term savings

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, The Fat Wallet

…into telling me what I want to hear. It’s true. Listen for yourself. Send your pressing money and investment questions to ask@justonelap.com. I’ll see if I can do it again. Kris Listen / download here. Subscribe to our RSS feed here. Subscribe or rate us in iTunes. Sign up here to receive an email every…

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Kids, death and taxes

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, The Fat Wallet

We were thrilled to discover that our podcast has been downloaded 18 000 times since we kicked off in May last year. Excuse me a minute while I do a spastic dance where nobody can see me… 18 000 #fatwallet #podcast downloads for 2016. Kicking off with episode 31 for 2017. Huge thanks for all…

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: Living off your savings

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, The Fat Wallet

…do both of those things at ask@justonelap.com. We are, as always, grateful for your time and attention. Kris Listen / download here. Subscribe to our RSS feed here. Subscribe or rate us in iTunes. Sign up here to receive an email every time a new show goes live. Meet the Just One Lap team at…