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Successful SONA could boost investor confidence amid electricity crises

11 February 2015

South Africans shouldn’t hold their breath hoping that President Jacob Zuma will announce a short-term solution or strategy to alleviating the country’s electricity problems in his State of the Nation Address, says Izak Odendaal Investment Strategist at Old Mutual Wealth.

Deflation, currency wars and easy money

11 February 2015

The failure of the ECB and the BoJ to achieve their inflation goals, together with the collapse in the oil price, has unleashed a huge wave of global monetary easing.

Gold shares should shine in 2015

10 February 2015

Daniel Sacks and Hanré Rossouw, portfolio managers at Investec Asset Management, share their views on the year ahead for South African resources shares. They manage the Investec Commodity Fund – South Africa’s top-performing mining and resources unit trust *

High returns possible without high risk, says Imara AM

10 February 2015

Traditional thinking is that high risk drives high returns, but this is not always the case and it’s vital South Africans become better acquainted with the exceptions if they wish to build sufficient wealth to withstand tax and inflation.

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