South African finance tips, news and advice to help navigate you through our volatile economic climate
Investing in REIT’s v Buy-to-let
When considering the virtues of buy-to-let as an investment, you may also want to consider the benefits of owning REIT’s as an alternative.
Book Review: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Blood is a book that follows the surreal story of Elizabeth Holmes and her start-up company Theranos. The book tells the unbelievable story of how a young charismatic and ambitious girl, an ivy-school dropout with a passion for healthcare, created a multi-millionaire dollar lie and proceeded to convince the world it was all true.
How do I go about saving money each month?
Before we even considering how much you want to save, it is important to understand how to save. If you plan on leaving money in your account you are definitely going to spend it at some point. So it becomes important you are able to segregate your savings from your general spending. This means you need to identify a place to house your savings.
How much should I save a month?
What is very transparent when talking to people, is that most people think they cannot save more than they do already. Normally the rationale is because there is nothing in the account at the end of the month. Are you one of the people wanting to save more but you feel like you don’t have the money to do it?
Calculating Consequential Implications – Why You Want To Gamble On The Unexpected And The Unlikely
The Current Situation The world has been gripped by a rhetoric of macro uncertainty with Trump’s trade wars, a long in the tooth bull market that continues to run, debates over high debt levels in…
Theory of Reflexivity George Soros – Predicting Financial Markets
Who is George Soros? Here stands but a humble attempt at demystifying the enigma that is George Soros’s Theory of Reflexivity. Doing so in a single article is a challenge. My disclaimer: to do true…
Inversion: Thinking like a Billionaire
Charlie Munger is the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the company controlled and operated by Warren Buffet. He once had the chutzpah to say one of my all time favourite quotes (if you have a…
