Insights
13 Jan 2016
Check Mate
Congratulations to Seth-Riley Adams and Matthew Saunders of the Mitchell’s Plain Chess Club for their outstanding performances at the recent SA Junior Nationals in Cape Town. Both players were undefeated and are…
08 Jan 2016
Congratulations To Leap School Matric Class Of 2015
The LEAP Science and Maths School matric classes of 2015 has delivered the highest level of achievement in the 11-year history of the organisation.
05 Jan 2016
Don't Chop And Change
The powerful emotions of greed and fear mean that it is simply human nature to chase the best returns. As a result, investors often fall into the trap of disinvesting from an underperforming fund to invest in one…
27 Oct 2015
Sweet Performance From SA's Top General Equity Funds
Despite the market crash in 2008, the last decade has been a very rewarding one for equity investors. Even with that dip, the FTSE/JSE All Share Index (Alsi) has delivered an annualised return of more than 15% since…
03 Aug 2015
Now Tax Free - Foord Flexible Fund
Foord now offers tax free investment accounts in the Foord Flexible Fund, Foord’s best investment view fund. Tax free investment accounts, into which South African investors can contribute up to R30 000 per year tax…
28 Jul 2015
Crystal Ball Investing
“Crystal ball investing” appropriately invokes images of smoke and mirrors, charlatanism and faux clairvoyance. None of these has any place in investment practice, as JULIE MACLEOD-HENDERSON explains.