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Diversifying your share portfolio with ETFs

03 August 2017 | ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds)

Maintaining a well-diversified share portfolio is one of the best ways for any investor to preserve their wealth.

Avoiding permanent investment losses starts with the price you pay

01 August 2017 | General

One of the most important things to avoid in investing is permanent capital loss, because it is twice as hard to make up for that loss. For example, if you buy a share at R100 and its price drops by 50% to R50, to make up for that loss your share has to double in price – i.e. make a gain of 100% – just to break even. Of course, the greater the fall in price, the greater the return must be just to reach an overall return of zero.

Brexit, elections and Trump: Global equity mid-year review and outlook

01 August 2017 | General

Robert Lea, Ashburton Investments' new Head of Global Equity Research provides some thoughts on what has driven markets so far in 2017 and what to expect in the second half.

South Africa: One of the best opportunities globally

01 August 2017 | General

The current political environment has dampened expectations in South Africa, evidenced by macro-economic data such as business confidence levels that are at generational lows. However, when you look at the South Africa market’s performance over the last century, perhaps expectations are too low.

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