The power of compounding interest and its beneficial outcomes for those on the fortunate side of the finance equation is a well-known one. The undesirable side would be the side that pays compound interest on debt such as a house mortgage…
Tag: growth
ETF Investment Update – November 2019
This is my second-last monthly update on my ETF investments where I tack my own investments and discuss my strategy. If you're new to this series then you can start with these ones for some background. What are ETF's? My…
ETF Investment Update – August 2019
I started this series in February 2019 after having purchased my first ETF (ever!) in December the previous year. I've been keeping track of how the investments are doing and even though it's a futile exercise, I'm enjoying it and…
ETF Investment Update – July 2019
It's amazing how quickly time flies and it's been over 7 months since I started my first investment with EasyEquities. I'm investing in ETFs and if you're not sure what that's about why not start here with "What are ETFs?"…
ETF Investment update – June 2019
I know that creating a monthly update for my ETF investments is a little pointless. Firstly, my investment is so small and it's not that exciting and secondly, ETFs will always fluctuate and the ultimate purpose is for long-term investing…
ETF Investments with negative growth in May 2019
It's amazing how time flies, but here's the May update on my ETF investments with EasyEquities. If you want to follow the full story you can check out the previous posts: My first investment with EasyEquities ETF Investments - March…
28% growth on my ETF Investments – April Update
Welcome to my April update of my ETF Investments! I've invested a further R1,300 since my March update and have decided to start pushing as much as possible into this investment. It's a little tricky as I am actually trying…
Moo-vable Assets (Investing in cows)
This article was first published in Estate Living (in print and online) and follows on from a previous article I wrote on investing in cows. ‘Honey, I bought a cow!’ might sound like the opening line to a comedy show,…
My pension fund is dropping
I've got a compulsory Provident Fund contribution via my company and I'm losing money! My pension fund is dropping! It's really scary seeing my annual statement and realising that I have literally lost money! I'm sure many South Africans are…
How much do you need to retire?
This is probably one of the most talked about retirement questions. How much do you need to retire. The reason is simply that no-one knows what the future will bring and there is so much unpredictability that it's impossible to…
What are ETF’s?
Investing can be complicated with many different types of products, tax implications, risk factors, on-shore & off-shore, and different advice from everyone you speak to! You can either be scared off by this and think that you can't invest or…