JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Managed volatility ETFs

Simon BrownLatest, WorldWide Markets

Sponsored by Index and Structured Solutions, Absa CIB Simon Shares US yield curves have inverted across the range. Shorter term rates are higher then longer-term rates. Now every recession has been proceeded by a yield curve inversion. But not every yield curve inversion has been followed by a recession. So maybe it's warning us or ...
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ETF: Understanding the Ashburton 1200 ETF

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

This ETF is now owned by FNB and the code is FNBEQF. Once we start investing, most of us are in pursuit of the perfect investment. What we want, of course, is the unicorn that goes to the moon the day after we invested. Luckily, we understand our ability to find that needle in the ...
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ETF: Understanding the Satrix Emerging Market ETF

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

While South Africa itself is an emerging market, local investors hoping to access other emerging economies have had limited options in the past. These days, we can conveniently access emerging market economies, including the economies of our neighbours, using ETFs. Tip: We discuss the difference between developed and emerging economies in this podcast. 2017 saw the ...
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ETF: All Africa ETF

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

For many years, South Africans hoping to gain access to the African growth story had to rely on indirect investments through companies that do business on the rest of the continent. In 2017 Cloud Atlas changed all that by introducing the AMI Big50 Ex-SA ETF (AMIB50). A year later, the company also introduced a property ...
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ETF: My first investment

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

The most daunting decision a first-time investor has to make is what to buy. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can remove a lot of the anxiety around what to invest in. A single ETF investment can give an investor exposure to thousands of shares. If you are new to all of this, understanding ETFs will do a ...
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ETF: Invest in the USA

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

In bygone days, the only way of getting offshore exposure in an investment portfolio was a complicated process involving moving and managing money abroad. While this process is still an option, it normally requires a large chunk of money to be worth the fees. Having assets offshore also complicates estate planning, because you need a ...
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ETF: Understanding the DCCUSD

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

In 2017, RMB launched an ETF-like creature that gave South African index investors access to US Treasury Bonds (USTBs) for the first time. Instead of a right to the assets of the ETF issuer, who holds the underlying shares of an ETF, investors are USTB owners, fair and square. Since inception, this ETF has returned ...

Cash Club: Investment FAQs

Njabulo NsibandeCash Club, Latest

The Cash Club Blog is just over a year old, and the response has been amazing. I’ve even made new friends in the process! Over the past year, a lot of people asked me money-related questions, which often have been answered on The Fat Wallet Show by Kristia and Simon. However, after a friend enquired ...