Going travelling in 2011? Here’s what the rand might do The below forecasts and commentary are an excerpt from a longer report by the dealing room of easy-forex, an international licensed and regulated online currency trader. “South Africa achieved real GDP growth of 3.3% in 2010 as it received a boost from strong commodity and [...]
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Fixed interest funds attract bulk of R29-billion net inflow The South African collective investment schemes (CIS) industry attracted net inflows of R29-billion in the third quarter of this year, second only to the R35-billion recorded in quarter two of last year. This brings assets under management by the local CIS industry to a record R868-billion, [...]
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The greener pastures are emerging markets
Dr Michael Power is a Strategist at Investec Asset Management. His presentation at the Momentum Wealth Investment Summit was titled In search of greener pastures – the new world of emerging markets. Power provides insight into these markets and his view makes us think about investing in the future. Investing is a forward looking activity [...]
China increasingly important but not without risks
The year has barely crawled out of its shell and we are again facing headlines dominated by China and its enigmatic ability to keep the world economy afloat. Given the increasing size and importance of the Chinese economy, the economic and political changes in this country will have a growing impact on the rest of [...]
Foreign investments – look before you leap
Any client looking to invest a sizeable amount should include foreign investments as part of their total portfolio. This is the view of Marcel Bradshaw, head of Glacier by Sanlam’s new international division, Glacier International. There are, however, an equal amount of opportunities and risks attached to investing internationally and clients need to have a [...]
Outlook on Latin America
Latin American markets experienced a tremendous surge in 2009 and outperformed their emerging market counterparts, with the MSCI EM Latin America Index rising 104.19% in U.S.-dollar terms. The surge in prices was a result of many factors, probably the most significant of which was the rapid increase in liquidity supplied by governments globally to prevent [...]
Time to reflect your position
The rand remains strong and our local exchange continues to out-perform all developed markets; one of the reasons is the 2010 FIFA World Cup. South Africans are really behind it and positive sentiment continues unabated – all good news for our currency and markets. As we know, markets are forward thinking and have probably discounted [...]
The benefits and pitfalls of foreign diversification
Most South African investors looking to diversify will choose to include offshore assets in their portfolio, particularly now that exchange controls have been further relaxed. The trick is to select the right combination of foreign assets and asset managers in order to achieve diversification without sacrificing long-term performance, says Chris du Toit, an analyst at [...]
Offshore investment as part of a retirement fund portfolio
An important objective for a retirement portfolio is to protect the buying power of an individual’s capital which was earned through many years of hard work. A crucial priority for institutions and private investors is therefore to construct portfolios which should consistently outperform inflation over time; hence the popularity of inflation (CPIX) plus type products [...]
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Newsletter 17 May 2012: Lump sum versus debit order, 3 essentials for a confident investor
In today’s newsletter we look at investing with a lump sum or regular contributions – how do they stack up against each other? We also share three investment tips to cope with uncertainty. Being right about muddle-through hasn’t made investing any easier Most predicted that politically and often economically the year 2012 would be a [...]
