…influence your decision? I.e. if price action is bearish/flat but the equity pays decent dividends, how does one ensure they don’t lose money. Morore from The Fat Wallet Community What is the best strategy for reinvesting dividends within a TFSA? Do you reinvest in the ETF that paid out? Do you use the dividends to…
Podcast: Money and sickness
…a single income family. We took out a combined policy with life cover and LIVING LIFESTYLE COVER (with all the PLUSES, which Liberty say they gave us for free). According to what my current broker and I could deduct – upon diagnosis we should receive 25% of our insured value. This is not the…
Podcast: Help! I made a bad investment
…and that individual shares can do better or worse than the average. We also accept that bad market periods are generally followed by periods of growth. We develop respect for the fact that no company operates in a vacuum. The economy is a complex system that can impact the performance of individual companies in surprising…
Podcast: What’s the NAV?
…a buying reason. In fact no single metric is ever a reason for buying. We need a preponderance of evidence. https://justonelap.com/finding-long-term-investment-winners/ * I hold ungeared positions. 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 JSE – The JSE is a…
Podcast: How to set portfolio up for financial freedom
…Asset classes: are you buying shares, bonds, property or a combination? Regional exposure: where the companies in the index operate The investment universe: is it the whole market or only a sub-sector of the market, like technology Methodology: how the index is weighted. Sector exposure: what types of companies are in the idex Cost: at…
Podcast: Using debt to your advantage
I’ve only ever known debt as the wrathful destroyer of wealth and happiness. Lately, however, I’ve come to realise debt can be a powerful tool in your financial arsenal – if you treat it with respect. Someone recently explained the logic behind maxing out his child’s tax-free account instead of saving for her education. If…
Podcast: The diversification dilemma
…asset class exposure, I’ll have to start including assets that are less risky. For now, one ETF rules them all. 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. Clean beeped show is as below. Bhiri Can it…
Podcast: Volatility and your retirement
…about why it’s important to shift our focus from retirement age to financial independence. We also dream about different ways to think about tax. If you’re new, this episode might feel a bit too hardcore for you. Feel free to start with one that’s more relatable. We just couldn’t help ourselves. Listen / download here. Subscribe…
Podcast: Should you have money offshore?
…investor. Instead they largely benefit high net worth and these BBBEE connected folks and well-poised trusts and institutions. I say this because mainly because of the complexity that it comes with. At times you don’t even get access to main shares. The company offering the BBBEE deal is basically just providing the loan, and and…
Podcast: When should I care about performance?
…from now until I retire its 4% pa. I’m just waiting for them to let me know the penalty for moving. I can’t believe it! 17.5% and this was an advisor my gran used and trusted so my mom and I used him too. Listen / download here. Subscribe to our RSS feed here. Subscribe or rate…