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ETF: Short-term investment ETFs

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

In a lower interest rate environment getting inflation-beating returns on cash is challenging. If you have a five-year savings goal, this could have a real impact on your returns. A potential solution to this is short-term investing. The most important consideration here is the relationship between time and risk.

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ETF: MAPPS Protect in a market crash

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

Effective 1 March 2023, this ETF  is now the Satrix Multi Asset Passive Portfolios Solutions Protect ETF (JSE code: STXMAP) How effective is diversification at smoothing out investment performance during a crash? The NewFunds MAPPS Protect ETF was designed to withstand a volatile equity environment by splitting investments between SWIX 40 equity and government bonds. ...