Nic is an investment specialist with over 40 years investment experience. His other interests include short cappuccinos and guitar.
One of the cornerstones of investing is taking on risk. This blog post helps you understand investment risk and the risk-return ratio with a no-jargon approach, and decide how much risk you can take on in your investment portfolio.
If you’re struggling to get started investing, the most important lesson is that any amount is enough in the beginning, no matter how small. The critical thing is to establish an investing habit, and to start now. Here's why.
At Franc we emphasise over and over again that saving is not enough – you must invest your savings. But there are so many different ways to invest your money. Here, in our opinion, are the best types of investments in South Africa.
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.
The only things certain in life are death and taxes. This is something worth remembering when we are tempted to postpone our investment strategies.
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.
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?
In this article we're going to explain a bit more about debt – what makes it bad… and when it is good.
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?
