While the world around us feels like it is falling apart, you might be forgiven for missing the fact that many investment markets, includ...

The South African Reserve Bank cut interest rates by a further 0.5% last week, bringing the prime lending rate (the rate of which banks l...

"I feel I change my mind all the time. And I sort of feel that's your responsibility as a person, as a human being – to constantly be upd...

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced during his State of the Nation address in February 2020 that South Africa intends to establish a Sove...

The expansion of the coronavirus continues to spread uncertainty and anxiety around the world, disrupting economic activity and shaking m...

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

Many people, when they hear the word “trust” in the context of financial planning, tend to think of a vague and mysterious concept which 
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 their benefit and wellbe

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 “ba...

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

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 asto...

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 wit...

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Synopsis: Global central banks still cutting rates amid weak global growth and low inflation. Political uncertainty is also on the rise o
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 needed, but the Fed

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 summ...

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 w...