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Yield and Uncertainty Everywhere - A review of 2018 and our outlook for 2019

Strong start to the year

After December’s market carnage, global equities bounced back strongly in January. Indeed, while December was the worst end to a year for the US benchmark S&P 500 equity index since the 1930s, January’s 8% return made it the best start to a year since the mid-1980s. Talk about ups and downs.

Sourcing alternative returns in uncertain markets

The introduction of Section 12J investments has provided local investors with a very unique opportunity to invest in tax-deductible investment vehicles.

Bonds to easily outperform inflation this year

Ashburton Investments' head of fixed income Albert Botha expects South African bonds to comfortably outperform inflation this year with an expected return of about 10% for longer dated bonds.