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87% of investment value is generated after retirement - M&G Investments

29 November 2022

M&G Investments has put together the video graphic below to explain why it’s so important to keep investing without de-risking your investment portfolio once you retire. M&G's research indicates that 87% of total investment value is generated in the post-retirement years, based on an investment portfolio with a 5% real return.

Markets on Sale

28 November 2022

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has traditionally signalled the start of the American Christmas shopping season. Retailers would offer massive discounts to lure customers, but the size of turnover would be enough to put them in the black financially for the year, hence the name (or at least that’s one version of its origin).

The impact of rising interest rates on your money and investments

28 November 2022

In response to rising inflation both locally and around the globe, on 24 November the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) raised its benchmark repo rate by 75bps to 7.0%, marking the seventh consecutive hike since November last year.

Who’s normal is this anyway?

28 November 2022

As the world emerges from pandemic, more and more corporations, economists and politicians are trotting out the phrase ‘new normal’ to describe permanent changes to the business and societal norms that were accepted prior to the two-year-long COVID-19 and lockdown interruption. The phrase, they say, describes the accelerated adoption of technology by businesses and consumers, and the emergence of hybrid home-and-office work arrangements, among others. But is this ‘new normal’ useful when offering financial or risk advice to you clients?

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