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Exchange Traded Funds – a simple and cost-effective way to access the stock market

22 August 2019 | ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds)

Exchange traded funds, along with other passive investments, are becoming more popular with South African investors. First launched in SA in 2000, they’ve gained traction in recent years as investors become more cost conscious as a result of muted market returns over the past few years.

Savings: go offshore, but avoid the pitfalls

22 August 2019 | General

The JSE is struggling. Property prices are stagnant. The political scenario is volatile. Is it time for South African investors to take a greater portion of their savings abroad to try and preserve their money? Yes, says Sovereign Trust MD Coreen van der Merwe – but make sure you’re doing it in the right way, and for the right reasons.

Structured investments that reconcile the bulls and bears

22 August 2019 | General

US President Donald Trump’s regular Twitter outbursts imposing or threatening to impose new tariffs on Chinese goods, have reminded investors of just how vulnerable emerging markets are to what happens between the US and China.

Hindsight is 20/20 when it comes to offshore investing

21 August 2019 | General

The local stock market has delivered disappointing returns over the past five years, barely beating inflation. It has been a painful period for equity investors, not only relative to the great returns we have seen in the past, but also relative to the returns local investors could have generated by investing offshore. However, as Hannes van Zyl, principal investment consultant at Alexander Forbes says, “hindsight is always 20/20”.

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