by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 6, 2020 | Article
My eldest daughter has been learning about women in Britain, in the early 20th century, who fought for their right to vote, and otherwise known as the suffragettes. As a fourteen year old girl, she could not imagine a world where women did not have equal rights as...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 3, 2020 | Article, Market
Here’s the thing about the lighthouse – it’s focus is always offshore. At the time of writing this article, the world is still flailing under the storm of the Coronavirus and the conditions have caused us all to rethink many of the foundations in our lives that...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 3, 2020 | Article, LIFE
The practice of storytelling is ubiquitous among cultures all across the globe. Sometimes we seem to forget the power that a story can hold over people. We use stories to make sense of our world and to share that understanding with others. When it comes to something...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Jul 27, 2020 | Article, Market
In light of the difficult times recently, Southern Africa has been awash in low interest rates. When South Africa significantly cut its base interest rate from an already-low 6.25% down to 4.25%, it officially became the lowest interest rate the country has ever had....
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Jul 20, 2020 | Article, Market
Most of us are chronic under-savers even in the best of times. Yet with the current economic environment, lots of previously hypothetical concepts like ‘what if I’m retrenched or have my salary cut?’ are far more concrete – and, unfortunately, more likely to happen....
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Jul 20, 2020 | Article, LIFE
Debt statistics are growing – this is very likely in part to the fact that a vast majority of us today prefer credit cards over cash. The benefits of credit cards are obvious. They are more convenient and offer more security. Cold, hard cash, however, can be the...
