by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Apr 24, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
This week I would like to look at the financial trends of the past few years. With the onset of the recession unemployment has risen to 6.5% in the United States. As the old adage goes, “When Wall Street sneezes; the rest of the world catches a cold.” So what happens...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Apr 16, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
The budget came out at the end of February this year and this year was an especially hard one for Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan South Africa has been devalued by the global credit rating agencies and with our GDP sitting at 1.9%, Gordhan cannot be seen as being too...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Apr 8, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
I often get asked how to get more Vitality points and this week I have included some simple steps you can follow to get to gold status. I got these steps from another financial planner, Chris Andrews. My apologies if you are not a Discovery member. You can celebrate...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Mar 26, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
This week I have included a blog by Carl Richards. He writes about our need for speed and the effect it has on our decision making ability. I enjoyed the blog and have taken up his challenge. Let me know your thoughts on his blog. How fast can you read? The average...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Mar 13, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
Previously I wrote about good and bad debt and this week I want to look at cumulative interest. Compound interest is the strongest force in nature, according to Albert Einstein. How can it be so powerful? How does it work? Take a set of twins for example; Mary saves...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Mar 13, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
Credit seems to be a great solution to get you out of debt but it can be a vicious cycle and difficult to manage. Once one is in debt, unless it is properly managed, it can often get worse and getting out of debt can be a difficult task. There is good and bad debt....
