Government bonds Archives

ETF: Your guide to bond ETFs

Kristia van Heerden 7 July 2021ETF Blog, Latest

If you are looking for a savings vehicle that returns at least your original investment amount plus inflation, you might be in the market for bonds. Some bonds protect spending power by offering returns linked to inflation. Others offer a guaranteed income, regardless of market events or inflation. This asset class offers investors a degree ...

ETF: Understanding the MAPPS Growth ETF

Kristia van Heerden 19 May 2021ETF Blog, Latest

The best way to protect your money is by diversifying. This week we show you how the MAPPS Growth ETF takes care of diversification on your behalf.

ETF: Bonds in your ETF portfolio

Kristia van Heerden 9 September 2020ETF Blog, Latest

Danish fund manager and author Lars Kroijer advocates for a simplified do-it-yourself investment strategy comprising of two simple investments. The first is an ETF with global exposure. The second is bonds with a time horizon similar to our investment horizon. For the ETF, the Ashburton 1200 caught our attention because it offers a small amount ...

ETF: Bond ETFs, yields and junk status

Kristia van Heerden 22 July 2020ETF Blog, Latest

With a wider variety of bond ETFs available, local investors can tinker with asset class exposure down to the region. But the relationship between price and income can be confusing. In this post, we explore what bonds are, the relationship between price and yield and how South Africa’s sovereign debt downgrade affected these instruments.

Podcast: Junk, expected and nasty

Simon Brown 2 April 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Simon Shares New weekly podcast in the RSS feed every Monday late morning. BUT only in the RSS feed, not on the website. So subscribe to the feed, it is here. Upcoming events; 09 April ~ JSE Power Hour: Trader’s game plan Lockdown, day six as I record (seven as you listen). COVID-19 numbers globally continue ...

Podcast: Hard, but necessary

Simon Brown 26 March 2020JSE Direct, Latest

Upcoming events; 09 April ~ JSE Power Hour: Trader’s game plan New weekly podcast in the RSS feed every Monday late morning. BUT only in the RSS feed, not on the website. So subscribe to the feed, it is here. Download the audio file here Subscribe to our feed here Sign up for email alerts as a new ...

ETF: Understanding the 1nvest Global Bond ETF

Kristia van Heerden 5 February 2020ETF Blog, Latest

With the stellar performance of the US stock market over the past few years, investors are starting to feel jittery about just how long a good thing can last. If all your profits are making you nervous, lucky you! At this point you might be thinking about moving some of those profits into a safer ...

ETF: Understanding the Ashburton Inflation ETF

Kristia van Heerden 23 October 2018ETF Blog, Latest

South African household budgets are straining under rising costs in an exceptionally unpredictable market. Bonds are a safe and easy way for cash-strapped investors to protect their money from inflation and volatility. This week, we see what the Ashburton Inflation ETF has to offer. As we explain here, governments use bonds to borrow money from ...

ETF: Understanding the NewFunds ILBI

Kristia van Heerden 10 October 2018ETF Blog, Latest

Effective 1 March 2023, this ETF is now the Satrix ILBI ETF (JSE code: STXIFL) Being able to retire would be impossible if our investments didn't beat inflation over time. The Satrix ILBI ETF (STXIFL) invests in inflation-linked government bonds in an attempt to preserve your buying power. As we explain here, inflation is when ...

The Fat Wallet Show with Kristia van Heerden

Podcast: The perks of being Village Idiot (and bonds)

Kristia van Heerden 18 July 2016Latest, The Fat Wallet

The Fat Wallet Show is a weekly humble pie eating contest (on iTunes, for all the world to witness, as of this week). For about the first six months after joining Just One Lap, I left every meeting with a list of things to Google. Half a year in, I finally knew enough to start ...