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Determining your appetite for risk

09 July 2018

As investors continue to be buffeted by uncertainties in the market, the importance of an appropriate, disciplined and strategic investment strategy is increasingly evident. Emotions are among an investor’s biggest enemies, particularly when faced with challenging and unpredictable events.

Disciplined investing: five principles to follow

05 July 2018

Despite our best intentions, many of us focus on the wrong things when it comes to our savings and investments. We tend to focus on the factors we can’t control, typically headline-grabbing things like investment returns and the markets. We barely ever focus on the factors and variables that can be controlled, like risk, time in the market, behaviour and cost. Because of this, investors often find themselves chasing short-term performance; reacting emotionally to market conditions, macroeconomic and political events; and responding by switching in and out of portfolios or cash at the wrong time.

Untapped investment opportunities in Africa

05 July 2018

When thinking about investing in Africa, many investors identify South Africa as the most important market on the continent. However, we believe other countries in the region also offer much untapped long-term potential.

Investing offshore is about more than the Rand

05 July 2018

At the start of March this year, the rand was trading at under R12.00 to the dollar. Cyril Ramaphosa had taken over as president, world economic growth was positive, and sentiment towards emerging markets in general was good.

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Do you think short-term insurance broking will survive the AI plus humanoid robotics age?

Answer

Human first always Not a chance Possibly maybe Yes, but reimagined

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