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Four ways to lose your money

02 February 2016 | General

When making investments, there are four key risks – irrespective of an investor’s age – to understand and be aware of which if managed correctly should help you to avoid permanent loss of capital.

2015: the sprinters, the pedestrians and the tumblers

01 February 2016 | General

At Sanlam Multi Management, we believe that one year is too short to draw a meaningful conclusion on how a particular asset class or fund is performing. It is, however, still interesting to witness how different asset classes, and styles of investing, take turns to outperform one another from year to year. We have therefore summarised the main results of the past calendar year for you.

Allan Gray launches Tax-Free Balanced Fund

27 January 2016 | General

Allan Gray has announced the launch of the Allan Gray Tax-Free Balanced Fund, available for investment via the Allan Gray Tax-Free Investment Account on 1 February 2016. The new Fund allows investors to take advantage of the tax-free investment (TFI) legislation that came into effect in March 2015, which was introduced by Treasury to encourage South Africans to save.

Why the global economy is set to perform better than its "Angst Meter" implies

25 January 2016 | Economy

It has been a turbulent start to the year for the global financial markets, the dominant trend being sharply falling equity prices, bond yields, and commodity prices. For instance, year to date (as of Jan. 19), the S&P 500 is down 8%, the Nasdaq is down 11%, and the Shanghai Composite Index is down 15%; 10-year U.S. Treasury yields have fallen by 21 basis points (bps) (to 2.06%), 10-year Japanese government bond (JGB) yields have dropped 4 bps (to 23 bps), and 10-year U.K. gilts are down 26 bps (to 1.70%); and the Brent spot oil price is down by $8.46, falling below $30 for the first time in 12 years.

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