Generally speaking, when you make a financial decision the outcome is only realised some time in the future.Your advice should not be taken in isolation and as a once off decision. You need to keep in touch with the advice given by reviewing frequently to ensure it is...
The Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced on Thursday another interest rate hike of 25 basis points. This extends to the banks prime lending rate of 7.5%. Inflation The Reserve Bank has a mandate to protect the future value of our purchasing power...
2021 has been another year dominated by COVID19? It’s left a deep scar in our global history having devastated lives and livelihoods. Yet as life goes on there are some questions which were raised in the year affecting our personal financial planning which need to be...
Research into the average British household shows that it costs on average around GB 7 000 per year to raise a child from birth to 5 years old. That’s around R140 000 per annum. South African middle income households show that it costs around R90 000 a year to raise a...
What is inflation? The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the measurement of the average increase in prices of...