JSE Direct with Simon Brown

Podcast: Property losing REIT status

Simon BrownJSE Direct, Latest

This week’s episode of JSE Direct is courtesy of OUTvest, our preferred supplier in retirement products. Simon Shares April was the best month for equity markets since 1987! Local ten year bonds are on a tear, just a week after we exited the World Government Bond Index the yields are back at pre-junk levels and ...
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ETF: Understanding the 1nvest Global Property ETF

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

In days of yore, a property investment involved an immovable collection of bricks and all the concentration risk of a physical thing in a physical place. It also required an enormous amount of capital or debt upfront. The introduction of listed property made it possible to benefit from property investments without the capital outlay and ...
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ETF: The new CoreShares Property ETF

Kristia van HeerdenETF 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 ...
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ETF: Income ETFs II – Listed Property ETFs

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

The right type of income investment depends on two important considerations. The first is your investment horizon. Your asset allocation will depend on the amount of time you plan on being invested. The closer you get to cashing out your investment, the less volatility you can afford. The second is your tax situation. Income from ...
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ETF: REIT ETFs and income

Kristia van HeerdenETF Blog, Latest

Last week we discussed some of the challenges of investing in dividend-centric ETFs. To recap, it’s incredibly difficult to predict when companies will pay dividends. Since index-tracking products are entirely rules-based, filtering for an unpredictable factor like whether the board is in the mood is tricksy. The CoreShares Divtrax ETF tries to eliminate this uncertainty ...