With the end of the year nearing at a stiff rate of knots, it seems the troika (European Central Bank (ECB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Commission (EC)) also wants to go on early leave and put the Eurozone financial crisis to bed sooner rather than later. “German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President [...]
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Caution – volatility index starting to rise
Global stock markets experienced a precipitous, nerve-racking fall during the first few days of August. “This decline was fuelled by a number of poor economic reports, especially the non-farm payrolls data out of the US and global GDP data that are starting to soften,” says Paul Stewart, managing director of Plexus Asset Management. “Added [...]
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Successful investing calls for pragmatism
Internationally, investors remain risk averse, with the current global market turmoil and frequent ‘bad news’ from the US and Europe adding to their cautiousness. However, there are always opportunities in the market. Armien Tyer, managing director of Sanlam Investment Management (SIM) believes the key is to find mispriced risk and arbitrage this in some way. [...]
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Market volatility sees investors shift to balanced funds
The consistent high levels of volatility and uncertainty in the local and global markets is resulting in a growing preference among investors for balanced funds, rather than pure equity funds. “We have noticed a definite shift towards balanced funds over the past year as investors and financial planners increasingly choose to leave asset allocation decisions [...]
Risk and Risky considerations
Market corrections and rebounds often prompt investors to rethink their allocation toward risky assets within their investment portfolios. While rebalancing a portfolio due to extreme market movements may seem like an intuitive decision, it is more often than not borne out of the fear that the market has entered a new bear or bull phase. [...]
Tax Guide 2012
Latest Issue - 30 April 2012
In This Issue:
- Local and offshore ETFs
- Why stock selection is key
- Medical Survey - the cost of healthcare
- New player in life insurance market
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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 [...]
