…partner stores are very common stores that we all spend at anyway. Dis-chem/Clicks PicknPay/PicknPay liquor (wine for Simon) Shell/BP Computicket, Takealot, Ticketpro Nando’s Exclusive Books iStore/Incredible Connection Hirsch’s/Coricraft BabiesRus, ToysRus, Hamleys, Reggies Golfers Club/Pro Shop Vida e Cafe (I know you love coffee*) The best thing about Discovery miles is they can easily…
Podcast: Refusing to learn from Steinhoff
Refusing to learn from Steinhoff Simon Shares EOH (JSE code: EOH), so the collapse was because of directors’ margin calls that forced them to sell? This is an epic disaster, if it was my board I would fire them. A share price collapse has real consequences, especially for a company like EOH that uses their…
Podcast: The 2018 market predictions show
…the Top40 and ZAR/US$ for the year. You can find the 2017 edition here and the 2018 edition is below. You’ll also find the full Position your portfolio for 2018 here. 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…
Podcast: Investor new year resolutions
…is not the best management and be very careful about what qualifies as best management (think Steinhoff). Careful of complexity (again Steinhoff). Miners and other cyclical stocks are never long term investments. ETFs are best and easiest way to create wealth, always have a core of at least 50% ETFs in your portfolio. Your first…
Podcast: Your financial weak spots
…to recover from a financial disaster. I have always been a HUGE fan of property. About eight years ago I was doing, I thought, pretty well. I had a high-paying freelance gig (very much the norm in my line of work). I bought four investment properties and was comfortably funding the shortfall between the rent…
Podcast: Global Dividend Aristocrats
…up another 22% – but it is light on tech. You can book for the events here and the initial offering will be on your brokers website soon if not already. 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…
Podcast: Viceroy charge Capitec
…thoughts to ponder. What if Viceroy had published their Steinhoff report before Steinhoff admitted to their fraud, would we have believed them? Simple answer is no and we would have looked stupid when the company admitted the fraud. A fund manager does their research in a company, decides it’s a great sock. They buy it…
Podcast: Getting to grips with S12J
…tax year Up-coming events JSE Power Hour: Kick off 2018 with ETFs and tax-free investing * I hold ungeared positions. Section 12 J (S12J) Introduced in 2009 this enables a tax payer to invest into a startup (via the S12J fund, Section 12J Venture Capital Companies (VCC)) and claim it as a deduction on their…
Podcast: Avoiding the big losers
…2018 with ETFs and tax-free investing Avoid the big losers or risk your portfolio A -60% return requires a +150% to beak even. A -80% return requires +400% to break even. Think about that. Saving that last 20% on the downside is worth a 250% smaller return on the upside. — Ari Paul (@AriDavidPaul) February…
Podcast: The low income episode
…that there will always be someone who is surviving on waaaay less and not complaining. But my key takeaway is that on a small paycheque education is your biggest investment and then pay your future self first. The rest is survival as we know it. Kristia Listen / download here. Subscribe to our RSS feed here. Subscribe…