by David Case | Apr 1, 2025 | Articles, Financial View
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED BUSINESS ASSURANCE South Africa is a nation full of entrepreneurs. We like to view ourselves as being resilient and globally we are often identified as a hard-working bunch of people. The combination of these two means that we often identify...
by David Case | Mar 3, 2025 | Articles, Financial View
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BUDGET The South African National Budget is a cornerstone of the country’s economic framework, guiding the allocation of resources to meet the nation’s developmental and social needs. Its importance cannot be overstated, as it...
by David Case | Feb 3, 2025 | Articles, Financial View
TRADE WARS As part of the latest Monetary Policy Committee Statement, the Reserve Bank Governor, Mr Lesetja Kganyago indicated that the South African Reserve Bank (“SARB”) had “spent some time during this meeting reviewing a trade war scenario. This featured a...
by David Case | Jan 2, 2025 | Articles, Financial View
HOW TO MAKE 2025 A FINANCIAL SUCCESS As we step into 2025, it’s a great time to revisit your objectives and set new financial goals and create a plan to achieve them. In this month’s Financial View we look at some strategies to help you make this year...
by David Case | Dec 2, 2024 | Articles, Financial View
BEATING YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE OF INFLATION The latest inflation number in South Africa was at a very low, coming in at 2.8% year-on-year. This is the lowest inflation reading since June 2020 where we were in the grips of the Covid shutdown and constrained supply chains....
by David Case | Nov 1, 2024 | Articles, Financial View
THE WEALTH OF A NATION – SOUTH AFRICA In the delivery of this week’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement the Finance Minister, Mr Enoch Godongwana, made some revisions to the South Africa GDP growth forecasts. Whilst he mentioned that the National Treasury had...
by David Case | Oct 1, 2024 | Articles, Financial View
THE POWER OF COMPOUNDING Warren Buffett is often recognised as the world’s best investor. His net worth (despite having given large parts of it away to charity) is estimated to be in excess of $140bn. Yet more than 99% of his wealth was generated after the age of 50....
by David Case | Sep 2, 2024 | Articles, Financial View
WHY INVESTING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP IN SAVING In the previous Financial View, we looked at the important financial concepts to grow your wealth. They can generally be summarised as understanding why and how you plan to grow your wealth. Generally, the most...
by David Case | Aug 1, 2024 | Articles, Financial View
THE FIRST STEP IN WEALTH CREATION I grew up in a household that didn’t have a lot of conversations about finances. It was a typical household in that my father was the main bread winner, and my mother would do all the shopping. They must have spoken between...
by David Case | Jul 1, 2024 | Articles, Financial View
YOU AND THE TWO-POT SYSTEM Last year we wrote about the forthcoming Two-Pot retirement system which was said to revolutionise South Africa’s retirement savings industry. At that stage we felt that it was a great idea but there was a lot of uncertainty about how it...
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