by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 21, 2019 | Article
We hear about the benefits of compound interest so often that we seem to forget about it. We know we have to save, we know we must stay out of debt but somehow we often forget that compound interest plays a vital role in both of these. I was listening to Bruce...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 19, 2019 | Article, Market
It’s Women’s Month, and we’ve been thinking lately about all the ways in which women are wonderful in matters of money. Women as investors don’t get praised often enough – there’s been an unfortunate stereotype in the past that keeps finances in ‘man territory’....
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 14, 2019 | Article
As a financial advisor, I am frustrated by the little or low return of our local stock exchange. Sure there are some returns, but many clients are asking: “Where can we get real return?” “Will we see inflation plus 4% or inflation plus 5% returns again?” I think the...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 12, 2019 | Article, Market
Source: Investopedia If there were a set of commandments for investing, the first commandment may well be this: know your seasons. Just like a surfer or fisherman know the tides of their favourite spots, prudent investors know the market cycles. “The problem is that...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 7, 2019 | Article
Financial emigration is currently very topical. The reason could be because of the proposed change in tax laws for South Africans working abroad from March 2020, or it could be because more countries are advertising themselves to South Africans as a country they...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Aug 5, 2019 | Article, LIFE
It’s not for nothing that cyber crime and hacking was considered 2019’s number one “major risk” by the world’s largest insurer, Allianz, in their latest Risk Barometer Survey. These days, it’s not if the security of your electronic identity and assets will be tried by...
