by anthonyb@timslatter.com | May 20, 2019 | Article, Market
For those who tell you not to worry so much and just invest in anything, no need to do much research, you need only say one word: Steinhoff. Steinhoff has been called the largest corporate scandal in SA history, but what many people don’t know is it’s fall was also...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | May 13, 2019 | Article, Market
It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times, as Dickens might have said. At every conference and around every braai, South Africans are being told that everything’s going to the dogs. Meanwhile, the same South Africans are relentlessly being told by the investment...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | May 6, 2019 | Article, Market
Trusts as vehicles of wealth preservation have had some important regulatory changes over the past few years as authorities have attempted to shift them away from tax evasion and more towards a true, family-minded way to pass on assets. Yet despite significant...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Apr 29, 2019 | Article, LIFE, Market
Throughout the year there are clusters of holidays and long weekends when family comes to the fore. These moments are often an opportunity to step out of the frenetic hamster wheel of life, we now have long weekends and, for some, religious holidays to spend with...
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Apr 15, 2019 | Article, Market
Load shedding has cost all of us over the past few weeks, but do you know exactly how much? Neither did we, until we did a little digging. Cost to the economy at large According to Chris Yelland, load shedding costs SA approximately R1 billion per stage, per day....
by anthonyb@timslatter.com | Apr 8, 2019 | Article, Market
There’s a conversation that does the rounds every 10 to 15 years in investment savvy circles; Cash vs Equity – which is better? When markets are rallying, equities hold to their promise of higher returns than cash; when markets take a knock, cash suddenly...
