by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Sep 16, 2019 | Article
It is said that retirement is not a natural progression in life. Going to school, studying, starting a career, even getting married and buying a house all seems to be part of an organic change in life but ending ones career is not so. Retirement has only been around...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Sep 16, 2019 | Article, LIFE
Most of us know someone who has emigrated, or is about to emigrate. After several hard years for our nation, it can sometimes seem like the bad is overwhelming. And, the South African media often seem to talk about nothing except the next new ‘sure disaster’. But it’s...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Sep 9, 2019 | Article, LIFE
The ancient philosopher Aristotle came up with a single word for what every person wants: ‘Eudaimonia’. Eudaimonia means happiness but more than that it alludes to a sense of fulfillment. Many people have viewed financial planning as the management of financial goals...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Sep 2, 2019 | Article, Market
September celebrates National Wills Week, a reminder to us all about the importance and necessity to create a Last Will and Testament. According to recent statistics, only 30% of South Africans have a will – which means that we have to be talking about this a...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 28, 2019 | Article
Where is the real growth? “South Africa is in shock as first quarter GDP shrinks by 3.2%.” That was the news headlines last week. Not a great start to 2019! We had all hoped for an upturn in the economy this year given the dismal performance of the JSE last year as...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 26, 2019 | Article, Market
There is a lot of good financial advice out there which goes something like this: ‘you know that money you don’t use every month? Well, take R50,000 and invest it in X now, and you’’ be happy later.’ Sound familiar? The problem with this advice is that it’s incredibly...
