ETF Archives - Page 7 of 17

ETF: The African property ETF

Kristia van Heerden 29 January 2020ETF Blog, Latest

As any South African retailer with high hopes can tell you, doing business in Africa is not without its obstacles. Those who manage to make it work, however, can be richly rewarded. Cloud Atlas is a boutique South African ETF issuer specialising in access to African markets. In June 2018, the company made it possible ...

Podcast: Understanding a risk parity portfolio

Simon Brown 12 December 2019JSE Direct, Latest

This podcast brought to you by Absa CIB Len Jordaan, Index and Structured Solutions, Absa CIB Simon and Len delve into understanding risk and how it applies to your Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) selection, both as a basket of different ETFs you put together but also as to which individual ETF you may be buying ...

ETF: Understanding the S&P Givi Financial 15 ETF

Kristia van Heerden 4 December 2019ETF Blog, Latest

The Absa Capital S&P GIVI Financial 15 ETF is a strange beast. While the name creates the impression that the ETF is invested exclusively in South Africa’s world-class banking and financial services sector, the ETF also includes a fair but of real estate investment trust (REIT) investments. Banks and life insurance companies are also represented ...

ETF: Understanding the Krugerrand Custodial Certificate

Kristia van Heerden 27 November 2019ETF Blog, Latest

The physical nature of a gold investment provides investors with a sense of security. Ironically, though, taking delivery of a physical gold investment comes with risks. RMB’s Krugerrand Custodial Certificate (KCCGLD) offers an opportunity to invest in Krugerrands without having to resolve issues around storing physical assets. Like the Dollar Custodial Certificate (DCCUSD), the Krugerrand ...

ETF: The new CoreShares Property ETF

Kristia van Heerden 6 November 2019ETF Blog, Latest

Does anything sound more appealing to an ETF investor than dividend income that covers your living expenses? The problem with this strategy is that dividends aren’t reliable. It’s up to the management of a listed company to determine whether or not they want to share profits in a given year. Predicting whether you’ll receive a ...

ETF: Understanding the Satrix MSCI World ETF

Kristia van Heerden 30 October 2019ETF Blog, Latest

Offshore investing has never been easier. South African investors can buy offshore index-trackers in rands via local stockbrokers. The product selection also increases every year. We can get exposure to euro, dollar, and pound-based investments at the click of a button. The Satrix MSCI World ETF is leading the charge in global exposure, with a ...

ETF: Understanding momentum ETF strategies

Kristia van Heerden 9 October 2019ETF Blog, Latest

While ETFs weighted by market capitalisation get the diversifying job done, ETF issuers can’t all offer the same products. Enter factor investing! Factor-based ETFs only invest in companies whose share prices or fundamentals share certain characteristics. In this post, we are going to look under the hood of South Africa’s two momentum ETFs. Not following? ...

ETF: Understanding SWIX ETFs

Kristia van Heerden 25 September 2019ETF Blog, Latest

Shareholder-weighted index (SWIX) trackers are weighted by ordinary shares held in the South African share register. Shares in these blue chip companies held by other companies don’t form part of the weighting of the index, neither do shares held by offshore investors. Since these products are weighted by shares held locally, liquidity is a built-in ...

ETF: Income ETFs III – Bonds and Preference Shares

Kristia van Heerden 18 September 2019ETF Blog, Latest

In the first two posts in this series, we investigated dividend-hugging ETFs and listed property ETFs. While both of these are worth consideration when investing for income, both are listed instruments, which introduces volatility to your investments. This makes them more appropriate for investors with a longer investment horizon. For those nearing financial independence, debt ...

Cash Club: ETFs made easy

Njabulo Nsibande 17 September 2019Cash Club, Latest

So there I was, chilling at Victory Square in the beautiful city of Timisoara, Romania with a colleague of mine, when he asked me to explain what an ETF is. (I lent him my copy of Sam Beckbessinger’s Manage Your Money Like A F*cken Grownup to read on the plane.) My colleague is a health ...