The Power of Commodities with 1nvest: Navigating Trends and Unlocking Portfolio Diversity

Simon Brown1nvest, ETF Blog, Latest, Video Invest

Johann Erasmus | executive director 1nvest Join us for an insightful webcast as Simon Brown from JustOneLap.com sat down with Johann Erasmus, the executive director at 1nvest, to explore the exciting world of commodity investing. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the current commodity market landscape and uncover the tremendous potential these assets hold for…

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Which SA Inc. ETFs are best for this face ripping rally?

Simon BrownETF Blog, Latest

…no load shedding, something that has been a massive cost to retailers in particular. face ripping rally pic.twitter.com/lelLfAiPEK — Simon Brown (@SimonPB) June 18, 2024 So how do we best catch this rally? Well the Top40 works and there are plenty of ETFs listed here. But the issue is that it also has a bunch…

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Are you over-trading?

Njabulo NsibandeLatest, Village Trader

Generated with Bing.com One of the most common trading mistakes when you’re starting out, (apart from poor risk management), is over-trading. This can happen by taking trades that aren’t there, or trading more instruments than your account can handle. Or simply, as the casino would call it, going ‘on tilt’, trying to get revenge on…

surfing the future

Adapting to changes. Village Trader tries futures

Njabulo NsibandeLatest, Village Trader

DALL-E 3 | bing.com I recently started trading in the futures market for the first time in my trading career. I also started trading on a shorter time-frame. My execution time-frame dropped from the daily chart down to the hourly chart. This learning curve was more challenging than I initially thought. I decided to trade…

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Basic introduction to dispute resolution with SARS

De Wet De VilliersLatest, Tax Tuesday

Bing.com Taxpayers are seldom happy to receive a notification from the South African Revenue Service (“SARS”). This is especially so when SARS decides to issue an additional assessment which brings about an additional tax liability. What leads to an additional assessment? SARS may issue an additional assessment if they believe the original assessment doesn’t reflect…

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Don’t bank on HOPE

Njabulo NsibandeLatest, Village Trader

…the weeks, as the trade continued to be underwater, he kept saying “Man, I just HOPE it comes back so I can get out even”.  As I’m writing this it seems likely to happen. However, the problem here is that it teaches the mind to hang onto losses hoping they come back. As a trader,…

China to the Rescue and ZAR Powers Stronger. What’s the Target?

Simon BrownJSE Direct, Latest

…boosting consumer demand. This is the largest Chinese stimulus since 2008, with significant potential to impact global commodities and bolster the South African economy. Commodities & Bull Market: The commodities market is seeing positive movement, with Chinese demand driving up prices for industrial metals like copper, iron ore, and coal. Simon notes how the previous…

Podcast review – Freakonomics

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…mind, and they absolutely revel in it – producing the best audio shows I have ever listened to. You’ll find it all here and a new show comes out every Wednesday. Best of all, it’s free. Find more details and subscribe here. * – A podcast is essentially a radio show you download on demand…

ETF: New international ETFs by CoreShares

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

…like it says on the sticker. It is weighted by market capitalisation, but only includes companies with over US$5.3bn (R74bn) in market capital. It’s the big leagues. Because the ETF is exposed to 502 companies listed in the United States, even enormous companies’ representation in the index is limited, thereby reducing your exposure to the…

Podcast: Leveraging your portfolio

Kristia van HeerdenLatest, The Fat Wallet

…had the spreadsheet. Download it here. At my current savings rate, I will be financially free in just over 16 years. If the market did what I wanted it to do when I started, I’d be a bit further along by now, but we accept what we can’t control and then complain about it bitterly on…