Investments

Leveraging alternative assets as a means to minimise downside investment risks

When most people think of investing, the first thing to come to mind is usually your traditional asset classes like stocks and bonds or even interest on cash savings. After all, these make up the bulk of virtually every investment portfolio domestically.

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Investment considerations on recent fuel price increases

South African fuel prices increased again on 3 November and petrol price is now at 33.9% this year with the Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) warning that R20 per litre could still be on the cards for by year end. The main reason for the pressure on local fuel prices has been a sharp increase in the brent crude oil price over the past few months. This in turn was drive by shortages of natural gas in Europe and Asia just as the northern hemisphere entered winter.