Retired investors face a tough balancing act – they must preserve their capital while ensuring they can draw a sustainable income by carefully managing their risk. To meet these objectives require earning a certain level of returns, ...
1. The change in the ratio of price to earnings. Changes in the price to earnings (PE) ratio is the most important contributor to equity market performance in the short term.
US investors consistently earn lower returns than the market and the funds in which they invest. This gap in performance is known as the behavioural penalty, and it’s big and relentless.
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The Denker Sanlam Collective Investments (SCI) Balanced Fund is appropriate for investors saving for the long term who wish to have their savings invested in many independent ideas that aim to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns ...
So much about the future is unknown, and share prices reflect the market’s assessment of the future. This article expands on the theme of an article we wrote in January, ‘The danger of making short-term decisions when investing for ...
US research shows that investors underperform the funds they invest in over time. The reason for this underperformance is called the behavioural penalty. Investors tend to lose out because they chop and change their investments in ...
Promoting economic growth and wealth creation is only one of many policy options for South Africa. If South Africa engages in pro-market reforms – as put forward by Professor Brian Kantor in his book, Get South Africa Growing – it is ...
South Africa’s economic growth is stagnating South Africa’s economy is expected to grow by less than 1% in 2017, and growth is projected to improve only marginally in 2018. The cause of this slowing growth is two-fold:
The latest GDP numbers show that the South African economy is officially in a recession. In this video, Madalet Sessions provides a brief overview of the local market outlook.
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