Insights
06 Mar 2020
Markets in a Nutshell - COVID-19
Growing fears of a global COVID-19 pandemic dominated markets in February as partial quarantines and severe travel and supply-chain disruptions sapped world growth expectations. Global equities (-8.4% in US dollars)…
24 Jan 2020
The Year in Review 2019
Global equity markets were buoyant in 2019, delivering the best calendar year return in a decade. This was a dramatic turnaround from the negative returns of 2018. The JSE’s mining stocks surged, but SA Inc.…
23 Jan 2020
Setting Smart Financial Goals For The New Decade
The new year heralds the prospect of a fresh start and the setting of new year’s resolutions. KAREN DU TOIT recommends that investors take the opportunity to set smart financial goals for the coming decade and…
20 Nov 2019
More Than Enough
In an innovative first for the financial services industry, Foord Asset Management is targeting its consumer education initiatives at the very youngest generation. It has just published the first in a planned series…
18 Nov 2019
How To Invest For The Children In Your Life
Since ancient times, it has been customary to plant a tree when a child is born. The tree is a reminder of the loved one who planted it for her. In modern times where many families are split across the world,…
15 Nov 2019
Simple But Not Easy
For many of us, investing appears to be a complex field of study with mathematical formulas resembling hieroglyphics. This may be true for a Masters of Finance textbook, but there is another, arguably more…