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See your money grow

What is compounding interest?

by BrendanApril 15, 2020October 29, 2020Leave a comment

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…

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Investing featured, growth, interest
ETF Investment Update November 2019

ETF Investment Update – November 2019

by BrendanDecember 1, 2019Leave a comment

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…

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Investing easy equities, ETFs, growth, track
ETF Investments with EasyEquities as at August 2019

ETF Investment Update – August 2019

by BrendanAugust 29, 2019October 2, 20191 Comment

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…

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Investing easy equities, ETFs, growth
EasyEquities ETF Investment - July 2019 update

ETF Investment Update – July 2019

by BrendanJuly 28, 2019February 24, 20202 Comments

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?"…

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Investing easy equities, ETFs, growth
EasyEquities June update

ETF Investment update – June 2019

by BrendanJune 27, 2019February 24, 2020Leave a comment

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…

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Investing easy equities, ETFs, growth
Easy Equities May 2019 Update

ETF Investments with negative growth in May 2019

by BrendanMay 25, 2019July 19, 20195 Comments

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…

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Investing easy equities, ETFs, growth, politics
April update of my ETF Investments with EasyEquities

28% growth on my ETF Investments – April Update

by BrendanApril 27, 2019May 25, 20192 Comments

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…

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Investing easy equities, ETFs, growth
Investing in cows

Moo-vable Assets (Investing in cows)

by BrendanMarch 26, 2019February 23, 20212 Comments

‘Honey, I bought a cow!’ might sound like the opening line to a comedy show, but it is a serious statement that could make you a lot of money while being good for our failing economy. Ever thought of investing…

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Investing cow, growth, livestock
My pension fund is dropping

My pension fund is dropping

by BrendanMarch 3, 2019February 11, 2021Leave a comment

I've got a compulsory Provident Fund contribution via my company and my pension is losing money! As in, my pension fund is dropping! It's really scary seeing my annual statement and realising that I have literally lost money! I'm sure…

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Investing growth, pension, retirement
How much do you need to retire

How much do you need to retire?

by BrendanFebruary 10, 2019February 10, 20211 Comment

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…

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Financial Freedom, Investing future value, growth, retirement, rule of 25
What are ETFs

What are ETFs?

by BrendanJanuary 11, 2019February 8, 20219 Comments

Investing can be complicated. There are so 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…

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Investing diversify, ETFs, growth, index tracking

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