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…
Podcast: Warning! We say “ethics”
…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: How to be wrong, or contract vs prepaid
…either was never true, or it stopped being true since then. Over a two-year period, I spend R29 178 on my phone. The three Vodacom contracts I looked at worked out to R27 816, R29 256 and R21 096 respectively. Only one contract is more expensive by R87, and that contract has 700 minutes of…
Podcast: Can we trust Capitec?
…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)….
Podcast: Can debt be good?
…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…
Podcast: Retirement and tax
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…
Podcast: The time travel episode (and windfalls)
…I still can’t get over the fact that people actually write us. Know that you’re making me very happy. Remember to send your questions and comments to ask@justonelap.com. If you have a moment and would like to do something nice for us, please rate us on iTunes. Kris Listen / download here. Subscribe to our…
Podcast: Short-term savings
…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…
Podcast: Kids, death and taxes
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…
Podcast: Living off your savings
…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…