by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Aug 12, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
Last Week African Bank released their trading update and as result their share price dropped sharply. Allan Gray and Coronation are both exposed to African bank. Allan Gray is exposed in the Allan Gray Equity fund; Balanced fund and Stable fund and in each fund the...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Aug 5, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
I am often asked by friends and clients if I have any money-saving or budgeting tips. I guess that is why I started a blog because so many people have asked and appreciated the input I gave. Recently I was asked again, and this blog post answers the question of my top...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Jul 29, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
Please find below an interesting article by Jonathan Faurie. He discusses retirement planning in South Africa and whether or not, increasing the retirement age would work. Increasing the retirement age 23 July 2014 – Jonathan Faurie July is National Savings...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Jul 28, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
We use money to buy goods and services and it is the accepted means of exchange. But the oldest form of exchange is the barter system. In the barter system, goods or services are exchanged. Wikipedia defines it as follows: Barter is a system of exchange by which goods...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Jul 1, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
I often get asked, “Where do I start? Where do I start with my finances? Is a budget more important than a will? When do I need life cover? And must I have retirement savings if I don’t have emergency savings?” Financial planning is like most things in life – it’s...
by sigrid@quintuswealth.co.za | Jun 19, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized
Ten days ago I wrote about our high current account deficit and how it may affect our investment rating, unfortunately last week ratings agency Fitch released their outlook and rated us as unstable, down from stable. Standard and Poor’s followed suite,...
