11 March 2018
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett wagered $1 million that an S&P500 stock index fund would outperform a basket of hedge funds over the course of a decade. Buffett had long been a vocal critic of hedge funds (and asset managers in general),...
1 March 2018
Somewhat ironically, each new year immediately launches into the same old news cycle: the WEF meetings at Davos, the State of the Nation (Sona) speech, presentation of the national Budget to Parliament. Those a bit longer in the tooth may feel t...
4 February 2018
It feels like every second ad we see espouses the virtues of choice. We’ve become conditioned to believe that choice is always a good thing and that the more choice we have, the better it is. This is just not true. There’s a common...
29 January 2018
With dam levels at record lows and severe water restrictions in places, few Capetonians could have escaped recent warnings that the pipes would soon run dry. A bit like older people and their money. And despite the ramping up of water restrictio...
22 January 2018
We get it: you struggle to save. And it may not be your fault. According to a scientific study on 15 000 Swedish twins, some people have a lower propensity to save than others due to the genetic component underlying their time preferences and se...
16 January 2018
Although index funds have been around for 40 years in the US (and around 10 years in South Africa), active funds are still the default. But the tide is turning toward index funds in a big way globally as awareness increases. These are some of th...
11 December 2017
Most retirement products cost around 3% in fees. “Meh,” you say, “3% doesn’t sound so bad.” But paying it can mean you’ll retire with 40% less money.
4 December 2017
The journey to financial freedom starts and ends with saving and investing. A few ‘trust-fund babies’ and entrepreneurs apart, the only way to walk this path is to spend less than we earn and put the difference to work.
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