Tax Tuesday: Tax brackets

De Wet De VilliersLatest, Tax Tuesday

A common complaint amongst South Africa’s tax-paying citizens is our high tax rate when compared to the rest of the world. We aren’t saying this is not true (South Africa rated as the country with the 12th highest personal income tax rate in 2018), but we want to clarify how the SARS tax brackets work…

Position your portfolio for 2020

Video: Position your portfolio for 2020

Simon BrownLearn Investing, Power Hour, Webinar and Video

…holds with US election in November, Brexit (perhaps, maybe) and trade wars still battering the global economy. Where does an investor hide, or do we even need to hide? What geographies and sectors will perform best and as always what about the Rand and commodity prices? This event answers these questions and more and is…

JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Understanding a risk parity portfolio

Simon BrownJSE Direct, Latest

…for a tax-free or discretionary portfolio. Some links we refer to during the interview; Managed volatility JSE Direct interview. Managed volatility ETF blog. MAPPS Protect. MAPPS Growth. 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…

Video: OUTvest ONEfee, a 0.2% RA

Simon BrownWebinar and Video

OUTvest introduce their ONEfee retirement annuity (RA) product that offers a flat R4,500 annual all-in fee or 0.2% when the RA is worth more than R2.25million. In this video Grant Locke from OUTvest introduces the new offering that is expected to shake up the retirement industry. Download the presentation OUTvest -ONEfee Launch Presentation Final. Meet…

JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Updates and discounts

Simon BrownJSE Direct, Latest

…to close the discount that exists. But as Piet Viljoen of RE:CM points out in the Tweets below, it’s not likely to work. 1. Firstly, one has to recognize that the market is generally right about things, and it pays to listen to it. So what is the market saying when an investment holding company…

JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: The law of large numbers

Simon BrownJSE Direct, Latest

…as a service and cloud computing but the story is bigger, edge computing. Certainly the story is no longer Windows. Edge computing is the vast number of small devices that are invading our homes, offices and lives. Examples are; streaming music and movies, smart bulbs, security systems and virtual assistants. This is just a few…