A new total world Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) from CoreShares offering true global exposure in 25 developed markets & 24 emerging markets.
Should you be buying individual shares?
During a bull market, you can almost buy any random stock, or even pick a 10x stock by pure chance, and make money from it. Unless you’re unlucky. But can you outperform the market as a whole?
New Sygnia global ESG ETF
Sygnia will be removing stocks that don’t meet their ESG requirements and that will hence change the weightings of the remaining stocks. But will it improve returns?
ETF: Understanding TER
As investors we don’t know the TER (the cost of running an ETF ) before we pay it. Here we explain how these costs are calculated
Video: Everything ETFs and tax-free
December saw the twentieth anniversary of the first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) listing on the JSE. Since 2000 the industry has grown to over R110billion in assets and 137 listings covering all investments options (local, offshore, equity, bonds, commodities and property). This first Power Hour event of 2021 was presented by Simon Brown and he ...
ETF: Understanding the NewFunds Momentum Equity ETF
Effective 1 March 2023, this ETF is now the Satrix Equity Momentum ETF (JSE code: STXEQM) There is no upper limit to the potential performance of a share. It's unintuitive, but it's true. A share price that has gone up 100% can go up another 200% and then 300% after that. Share prices are determined ...
ETF: Understanding the Satrix 40
The Satrix 40 (share code: STX40) turns 20 years old this week. As South African as pap en wors, this stalwart shows no signs of slowing down. At a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.1% per year, there is no easier and more affordable way to start an investment career. We feature this ETF every ...
Video: Twenty years of ETFs with Mike Brown
Mike Brown (etfSA) started life at the chamber of mines before starting Satrix in 2000 and listing South Africa's first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), the Satrix40 (STX40). Simon chats to him about the early days of the industry, how it has evolved and where it goes next. Capitec, great results. Very expensive stock. Sasol just ...
Why I liquidated my portfolio
There’s an old saying, “When we don’t know any better, we do our best. When we know better, we do better”.
ETF: How to read your MDD holdings
Inside each ETF is a number of companies. Comparing the sectoral and top 10 exposure of these ETFs will help you understand where exactly your money is going. Here we help you unpack your sectoral exposure and the top 10 holdings in your MDD. The point of this exercise is to avoid concentration risk.