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Cash trending towards trash

25 May 2020 | General

During the mid to late 2000s and then more recently from January 2015 to date, South African investors could invest in the money market and earn an attractive real return with little risk to their capital.

Sustainable investing: Resilience amid uncertainty

25 May 2020 | General

The tremendous toll of the COVID-19 crisis – on health, economic well-being, and everyday activity – has precipitated a widespread reassessment of the way we live our lives.

Two key lessons from my own investment journey

25 May 2020 | General

Before I began working in the financial services industry, I understood very little of the jargon and terminology used, or how investing works. Fortunately, I have been privileged to become a part of the investment world, and I have learnt so much about better managing my finances and investments during my career.

The end of the free lunch

22 May 2020 | Economy

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Yet recent times have provided South African savers with something close to this, as risk-free returns from money market investments have comfortably beaten inflation and riskier asset classes.

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