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Mid & small cap stocks

The place to be when the excessive negativity inevitably subsides.

Staying? How best to insulate yourself from SA’s economic and political woes

Extra taxes for NHI, the strong possibility of having part of your pension forced into funding failing State Owned Enterprises (SEOs) like Eskom, and the JSE having returned zero in dollar terms over 15 years are a powerful catalyst for emigration - but what if you can’t leave?

It’s not all gloom and doom (although it seems so at times)

People have unrealistic expectations

Against a backdrop of market turbulence, people’s expectations for income and returns, according to Schroders 2019 Global Investor Survey, are continuing to rise. Despite recognising that investment plans should be long term, the majority of investors alter their investments according to short-term market movements.