Updates Satrix Top 40 Performance Update | May 2023 As at the 31st of May, the Satrix 40 ETF closed at R70.72. That’s a decrease of 3.4% over the past month (R73.22). However this is still an increase of more than 5% from the beginning of the year (R67.28). Keval Maharaj Jun 5, 2023 • 2 min read
Investing Market Update: Understand your Satrix Top 40 Performance The first quarter of 2023 was mostly good for the top 40 companies on the JSE: 21 of the top 40 companies saw gains (growth). This was due to promising financial results and positive outlooks for the rest of the 2023 year. Keval Maharaj Apr 21, 2023 • 4 min read
Lifestyle Grifting: Losing Money Fast and Furiously Social media influencers have brought a new form of grifting into the mainstream They are using their influence to take advantage of their followers. Thomas Brennan Mar 30, 2023 • 3 min read
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News What You Can Learn From the 2023 Budget Speech The contents of the budget speech affect the entire country, not just a select few. We've broken down some key notes for the everyday South African. Sebastian Patel Mar 1, 2023 • 3 min read
News The How-To Guide On Inflation The SARB announced that it was increasing the repo rate by 0.75% to 7% effective 25th November 2022. This is big news, so let's unpack what’s going on. Thomas Brennan Dec 1, 2022 • 3 min read
News David and Goliath Retold Winning the Best Financial Solution at the MTN App of the Year awards, over Shoprite and 22seven felt like a David vs Goliath moment. Read about how we achieved it. Thomas Brennan Oct 20, 2022 • 2 min read
News So, Those Markets Hey… Q3 ‘22 This quarter had its fair share (pun intended) of ups and downs due to the oil prices, increased inflation and issues caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Keval Maharaj Oct 13, 2022 • 3 min read
News Investments Keep Falling (In the Gap) 37.9% of households in South Africa are solely financially headed by females and all this time could be used by women to invest or save more. Busisiwe Mtsweni Oct 6, 2022 • 3 min read
News Let's Change Our Heritage Heritage Day celebrates the cultural wealth of our nation. But there are things we need to fix. Sebastian Patel Sep 22, 2022 • 3 min read
News The Gender Gap: What’s New? It's estimated that it would take 136.5 years to close the gender gap instead of the 99.6 years they estimated pre-pandemic. That’s a whole generation more! Tara Williams Aug 11, 2022 • 3 min read
News So, Those Markets Hey…Q2 ’22 We have just passed the halfway mark of the year, which has brought to a close the second quarter of 2022. Let’s analyse what happened this quarter. Keval Maharaj Jul 15, 2022 • 4 min read
News So, Those Markets Hey…Q1 ’22 The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, persistent global inflation and an aggressive outlook towards global interest rates has provided plenty of catalysts for volatility during the first quarter. Keval Maharaj Apr 14, 2022 • 3 min read
News 5 Years in the FinTech Space In 2017, I was astounded to learn that South Africa was the highest country in the world for the search term “how to invest” on Google trends. Over the past 5 years the financial industry has seen a lot of change. Thomas Brennan Mar 22, 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
News So, Those Markets Hey...Q4 '21 Although there was some nervousness around Omicron and what it could bring, the local equity markets performed very strongly over the last quarter. Sebastian Patel Jan 13, 2022 • 3 min read
Updates Francly 2021 Notes on 2021 directly from the CEO and co-founder of Franc. Thomas Brennan Dec 14, 2021 • 2 min read
Investing So, Those Markets Hey...Q3 '21 The price of the Satrix 40 ETF fell just over 2% over the past quarter. This is a reasonably small change, but let's look at what caused the drop. Sebastian Patel Oct 12, 2021 • 3 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 So, Those Markets Hey...Q2 '21 What goes up must come down. The Satrix Top 40 dropped 2% last quarter however, the movements of the companies within the fund are what this article focuses on. Sebastian Patel Jul 8, 2021 • 3 min read
Investing So, Those Markets Hey...Q1 '21 Last quarter the markets continued their historic rise. This article is a simple breakdown of the Top 40 JSE listed companies Q1 for 2021. Sebastian Patel Apr 8, 2021 • 3 min read
News GameStop & the Stock Market - What the Hell is Going On? Every once in a while the stock market does something crazy. Perfect example this week. Find out why your timeline was filled with GameStop and Robinhood mentions. Thomas Brennan Feb 4, 2021 • 4 min read
News So, Those Markets Hey... Q4 '20 Have you wondered why your Satrix Top 40 ETF investment has been doing so well since the last quarter of 2020? This is a breakdown for you. Sebastian Patel Jan 14, 2021 • 3 min read
Tips Black Fri-yay This year it seems like Black Friday has turned into Black November. Here are some tips on how to take advantage of the deals responsibly. Sebastian Patel Nov 19, 2020 • 2 min read
News So, those markets hey... Q3 '20 The price of the STX 40 ETF fell 0.26% in the last quarter but that a lot more happened behind the scenes. Sebastian Patel Oct 8, 2020 • 3 min read