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10 impact investing facts you need to know In 2015

07 October 2015 | General

Let’s start off by defining this increasing global trend called Impact Investing. It can be described as investments made into companies, organizations and funds focused at fostering a measurable, beneficial social or environmental impact alongside financial returns. More basically, it can be defined as investments aimed at achieving socially beneficial outcomes.

The psychology of investing in volatile times

06 October 2015 | General

Market volatility is something we are all accustomed to, but recent events have made investors more jittery than usual. China’s ‘Black Monday’ wiped hundreds of billions off the world’s financial markets last month as shares took a beating – and investor sentiment slumped. Locally, the influence of the weak Rand has added to concerns, prompting indecision about what investment strategy to follow.

Tales of rice and rewards

06 October 2015 | General

We often talk about the value of time in investing, but it is difficult to really get to grips with the rewards that can be reaped through compound growth: earning interest today on interest earned yesterday and so forth. The power of exponential growth is neatly demonstrated by the rice and chessboard story, the earliest record of which is in an epic poem written in Persia about 1 000 years ago.

Building a diversified investment portfolio through on-line share trading

06 October 2015 | General

Online Share Trading (OST) is one of the most cost-effective ways in which to invest on the stock market and puts individuals in full control of their investments, offering one of the most convenient and easiest methods for the public to access equities and other financial instruments.

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