The expansion of the coronavirus continues to spread uncertainty and anxiety around the world, disrupting economic activity and shaking markets. Read more ab...

With Coronavirus causing turmoil in investment markets globally we have seen significant market moves across asset classes over the past week. With such an e...

Many people, when they hear the word “trust” in the context of financial planning, tend to think of a vague and mysterious concept which has no practical bea
A testamentary trust is most commonly used to administer and protect assets inherited by minor children or by anyone else not skilled at looking after money. Holding assets in a testamentary trust for minors until they reach their majority is the best way to protect the assets from being used for purposes other than thei

Much like the infamous Russian, RA’s may be viewed as both good and bad. However, unlike Rasputin, RA’s are for the good and the only “bad” are the rules tha...

Buy-to-let or rental property plays an important part in many investors’ portfolios, but it is inherently complicated to evaluate the returns and costs relat...

As 2019 draws to a close it’s time to look back on the year. Investors with exposure to offshore equities were well rewarded with an astonishing return of 26...

Anybody who has been in the markets for any length of time knows that returns do not come in a straight line. We are constantly faced with the ups and downs ...

The path to financial independence is fairly straight forward for some but terribly difficult for others. However, on closer inspection, those who find it di...

Synopsis: Global central banks still cutting rates amid weak global growth and low inflation. Political uncertainty is also on the rise on both sides of the 
In other worlds, rather than responding to weakness in the US economy, the Fed is recalibrating its interest rate stance to better reflect the risks. Powell and his colleagues also reiterated that they were ready to act as needed to sustain the US economic expansion, now in its eleventh year. Further cuts could follow if

It is very interesting, and promising, to see what President Ramaphosa has achieved so far. "Just do something" is the cry now rising from all over South Afr...

Things got wild very quickly. Two weeks ago US equities were at record highs, supported by the prospect of an interest rate cutting cycle and progress in the...

Global equity markets are up strongly in the first seven months of the year, but encountered three stumbling blocks last week. The first is that the latest d...

The new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) – its third in four years – has promised to take the country out of the European Union (EU) by 31 October. ...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank unanimously voted to cut its policy interest rate last week. This takes the repo rate, ...

Financial news was dominated over the past week by the run- up to the meeting between the presidents of China and the USA at the G20 summit in Japan. Preside...

Sir Alex Ferguson is widely regarded as the best football manager of all time. He was the manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013 where he won 38 trop...

Trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies are front and centre again and markets are jittery. In fact, after the initial shock, investors now ...

While the focus was supposed to be on last week’s national election, US President Trump stole the show by raising tariffs on Chinese imports while negotiatio...

Expectations of global economic growth are being cut, but equity markets both here and abroad have zoomed ahead this year. How does this circle get squared? ...

Being in your 20’s is a time of wonder, of newly discovered independence and carefree fun. There are very few older people who would say that it should be an...