…investing in these products/ Debt Interest Balloon payments Revolving loans Fees Savings TFSA in cash Disclosure – 13% compound vs simple Fees Products that are tied to other products Insurance and medical aid Requirements Complexity Investments Promises of above-market reruns Non-diversified/concentration risk Fees Lock-ins Is it tied to an insurance product Derivative products Listen /…

…every formal salary slip I have ever received (I can tell how much money I have made over my 14 year working career and my subsequent retirement contributions); to a breakdown of individual index funds for comparison purposes; to the monthly updating Rule of 300; as well as all the graphs in between. My company…

…be applied, since there’s lots of complexity, lots of fear, lots of fees. Why in the world is it so complex that one can’t understand and compare the different options. I have a family of 5 (well 4 + me) and I’m currently on a hospital plan at Bestmed for R4059 per month. It’s the…

…of charges comparison perspective. Minnaar With the upcoming elections in the US, there is lots of talk of certain technology companies having to be split up (either by congress or public pressure) (these include Amazon, Facebook etc). What happens to these companies that are major constituents in an ETF? If Amazon (which is now around…

…game. Is there something I’m missing? Obviously foreign exchange fees and international wire transfer fees are unavoidable.  I want to support local companies as much as possible, but when it comes to offshore investing, how can you say no to zero commissions? TD Ameritrade seems to be the only one that welcomes South African investors….

…your new company’s pension fund. If you have a provident preservation fund and your new company has a provident fund, you can move your preservation fund to your new company.  All this complicated moving around of money makes one wonder why you wouldn’t just transfer your money into a retirement annuity (RA), right?  It turns…

…*Don’t do that. 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. Beeped show is below. Win of the week: Ursula  Transferring my Liberty RA to Sygnia, I stumbled across the ‘Sygnia Life Berkshire Hathaway Fund’ on…

…least it’s not boring. This week we address nothing but crash questions. Drawing on some of the concerns of The Fat Wallet Community Group, we provide some guidance to get you through this process with your net worth protected.  If you’ve been wondering what you should be doing right now, you’ve come to the right…

…in the world has solved this problem for you.  We’ll be doing some live video interviews with members of the Just One Lap community over the next three weeks to get you through the lockdown. These will be broadcast live on our Fat Wallet Community Group. If you’re not a member yet, now’s the time….

…non-prescribed minimum benefits, like oncology, dialysis and HIV.  Let us know if you have any mind-bending insights of your own, and remember to catch our live interviews with our community members on the Fat Wallet community group. Listen / download here. Subscribe to our RSS feed here. Subscribe or rate us in iTunes. Sign up here to receive an…