Are you cut out for investing in tough times?Published: Wed, 10 Jul 19 By Anet Ahern, CEO PSG Asset Management
Contrarian investors deliberately go against prevailing market trends. They buy when others are selling, and sell when others are buying. Why? This investment strategy is based on the belief that herd behaviour in the markets can result in mispriced shares – ...
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| Four simple investment behaviours that can help you tame emotionsPublished: Tue, 09 Jul 19 By Marilize Lansdell, CEO, PSG Wealth
Market volatility often causes people to delay saving for fear of losing money. But the primary reason that people don’t have enough money saved, is simply because they don’t save enough! Therefore, you should rather focus on the factors under your control, instead ...
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| Fear in SA bond market presents opportunities for investorsPublished: Mon, 01 Jul 19 Following the release of inflation data in May, the South African Reserve Bank indicated that there is room for interest rate cuts as the inflation rate circles 4. 5%. As a result, markets now expect interest rate cuts of close to 0. But if rate cuts are anticipated, why has the government bond curve steepened, with ...
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| | Comfort and the art of investingPublished: Thu, 27 Jun 19 By Anet Ahern, Chief Executive Officer at PSG Asset Management
“In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable. ” Robert Arnott
Investment markets are often rich with opportunity when sentiment is poor. This has been the case at several points of extreme exuberance over the past four decades ...
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| PRESCRIBED ASSETS – THE BAD, NOT SO BAD AND THE GREATPublished: Wed, 26 Jun 19 The ANC’s 2019 manifesto refers to investigating prescribed assets, which are defined as the proportion of financial institutions’ resources that would be assigned to socially productive assets as a key priority. Janina Slawski, principal investment consultant at Alexander Forbes Investments, explains ...
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| Tax free investments for your child’s futurePublished: Wed, 26 Jun 19 Jan van der Merwe, Head of Actuarial and Product, PSG Wealth
Ensuring there is money aside for the future of your children is an essential part of being a parent. Be it that you’d like to start saving for your child’s tertiary education or you would like a few years to get together a nest egg for your ...
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