Investing Understanding the Stock Exchange and Share Prices The stock market goes up and down. The Satrix 40 ETF – the equity fund in which Franc invests members’ money – goes up and down with it. Here’s how these stock markets work, and who decides the share prices. Nicolas Oldert Apr 7, 2023 • 3 min read
Investing How Are Investments Taxed? The only things certain in life are death and taxes. This is something worth remembering when we are tempted to postpone our investment strategies. Nicolas Oldert Jun 9, 2022 • 3 min read
Tips Tax-Free Account or Retirement Annuity? If you’re starting on the long journey of creating a nest egg, you might look into tax-free accounts and retirement annuities. They’re not actually mutually exclusive, but in this life, it’s important to know what you’re buying and why. Nicolas Oldert Apr 28, 2022 • 3 min read
News Markets Are Down… Should You Worry? At the end of last week the big markets in the USA were lower than they were at the beginning of January. And the question is… should you care? Nicolas Oldert Feb 1, 2022 • 4 min read
Updates About Franc's Risk Assessment What is "risk" when it comes to money and investing? This article answers that question and explains how Franc's in-app risk assessment helps our users. Nicolas Oldert Jan 18, 2022 • 3 min read
Tips Good Debt and Bad Debt In this article we're going to explain a bit more about debt – what makes it bad… and when it is good. Nicolas Oldert Nov 16, 2021 • 4 min read
News Inflation and Covid-19 You may have seen articles about the decision by the SA Reserve Bank last week to keep interest rates unchanged. What does this have to do with your savings plan? Nicolas Oldert Oct 7, 2021 • 3 min read
Investing Supercharge Your Stokvel Stokvels are an important part of the South African savings culture. Many stokvels still operate in a traditional way. This article suggests how we can update them a bit. Nicolas Oldert Jul 1, 2021 • 3 min read
Investing Investing and Gambling In the era of Bitcoin and online forex trading, it's easy to lose track of the difference between investing and gambling. This article clarifies the difference. Nicolas Oldert Jun 10, 2021 • 3 min read
Tips Investing and Trading Courses - Don't Always Pass the Vibe Check Education and self-improvement are good things. And when it comes to investing and trading there's a lot to learn. Why, then, should you be wary of these courses? Nicolas Oldert May 13, 2021 • 4 min read
Investing Apples and Oranges - Part 2 Imagine a bowl of Granny Smiths and Valencias. It's really easy to know which is which. When you're looking at investment products it's not so easy to understand how and why they differ. Nicolas Oldert Feb 11, 2021 • 4 min read
Investing Apples and Oranges - Part 1 Imagine a bowl of Granny Smiths and Valencias. It's really easy to know which is which. When you're looking at investment products it's not so easy to understand how and why they differ. Nicolas Oldert Jan 26, 2021 • 4 min read
Investing Forex Trading: A Zero Sum Game The ads for Forex Trading are everywhere. Have you ever wondered what exactly is it and can you really make thousands in a day? Nicolas Oldert Nov 26, 2020 • 5 min read
Tips Questions to Ask Your Advisor Financial advisors can play an important role in helping people manage their affairs. So you know what when you visit one. Nicolas Oldert Oct 1, 2020 • 3 min read
Investing Leaving The Crumbs Making seemingly small withdrawals from an investment can prove very expensive in the long run. Nicolas Oldert Sep 3, 2020 • 4 min read
Investing 7 (Savings) Wonders of the World Most people have probably heard that it's important to start investing. Here are 7 reasons why you should start saving as early as possible. Nicolas Oldert Jun 24, 2020 • 3 min read
Investing Age Ain't Nothing but a Number The best time to start saving is when you're really young, like in your 20`s. Nicolas Oldert Jun 16, 2020 • 3 min read
Investing A Coffee a Day...Keeps Wealth Away? Small sacrifices can turn into big returns if invested wisely. Nicolas Oldert Jun 4, 2020 • 3 min read
Investing Losing Interest in Interest? The SARB has lowered interest rates to stimulate the economy. This article explains what that means for you investment strategy. Nicolas Oldert Apr 30, 2020 • 5 min read
Investing Taking Advantage of a Crash Sticking to your investment journey is very important - rand cost averaging will ensure that you take advantage of lower share prices. Nicolas Oldert Apr 9, 2020 • 5 min read
Investing Why Inflation Matters Inflation is so important to understand because it affects the value of your money. Nicolas Oldert Nov 11, 2019 • 3 min read
Investing Invest, Don't Save Only save for a rainy day. Once that's done - invest! Nicolas Oldert Aug 12, 2019 • 2 min read
Investing Buy Your Life Back Before you start investing, it's important to have money left over at the end of the month and pay off your debt. Nicolas Oldert Aug 9, 2019 • 3 min read