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Now possible to invest in a diversified portfolio of S12J funds to significantly reduce your tax

26 November 2018 | General

Section 12J season opens once more allowing South Africans to write off 100% of the investment against their taxable income. There are more than 100 registered Section 12J companies in South Africa and is estimated that the market has raised more than R3.6 billion in investments.

Is cash king?

26 November 2018 | General

It has been a good few years for cash. As shown in Graph 1, over the past three years cash (i.e. highly liquid assets, like money market funds and fixed-interest assets, such as Treasury bills) has delivered decent returns, when compared to equities and bonds, with significantly less volatility amid ongoing global uncertainty. This has been particularly pronounced this year, with cash delivering 6% versus -9.38% for the FTSE/JSE All Share Index (ALSI) as at end October 2018.

A Global Markets Temperature Gauge

23 November 2018 | General

We’ve all heard that it is time in the markets that counts, not timing the market. But as we know, market cycles do exist. They are very difficult to predict accurately, but they can and should be assessed in broad terms.

Investment interrupted

22 November 2018 | General

Tesla? Bitcoin? Apple? Where should South Africans put their money now that the JSE is mostly moving sideways? Or is there still value on the JSE? Patrice Rassou, head of equities at Sanlam Investment Management (SIM), argues there are bargains to be found locally.

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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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