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Successful investment begins with awareness of your human nature

15 July 2021

While many people mistakenly believe that investing is only for the wealthy, there’s a good chance that most South African citizens are investors, often without even realising it.

Emerging market economies surprise to the upside

13 July 2021

Emerging market (EM) economies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are progressing quicker than what was initially projected by S&P Global Ratings in their previous macroeconomic update in March 2021.

Halftime break

13 July 2021

We’re halfway through the year, and global investors are reassessing some of the broad views that have held for the past six or seven months. In particular, we’ve seen long bond yields falling sharply. Taking the US as an example, since it has the most important bond market, its 10-year Treasury peaked at 1.7% in March but has since pulled back to 1.3%.

And that is why brokers get the benchmark thing wrong…

12 July 2021

Oh, how we yearn for simpler times when a benchmark (sic) was something we left on the porch veneer after dragging our recliner to better enjoy the late afternoon sun … and a skid-mark was something we left on the tarmac after abusing the handbrake in our then petrol-guzzling motor car. Alas, in the world of investing, these words have different meanings. A benchmark is ‘a standard against which the performance of an investment portfolio or investment manager can be measured’ while a skid-mark … well, that’s a private matter between you and your dry cleaners, often immediately following a stock market collapse!

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