Youth struggle to create wealth

Youth struggle to create wealth

Youth are between the proverbial rock and hard place. Without an income how can you begin to save. Wealth creation is based on investing over time taking full advantage of the power of compound interest. Most of our youth can barely make ends meet let alone set aside...
Saving for children’s education

Saving for children’s education

Parents want the best for their children and education is top of the list of priorities with many households. Many parents are turning to private schooling over government schools as the trust and confidence and quality of education is found in the former. The...
Choosing an appropriate medical plan

Choosing an appropriate medical plan

At this time of the year most medical aid schemes offer choices of plans to their members for the new year. There are many plans in the ranges of the various medical schemes and this makes choosing the appropriate plan that much more difficult. I chose the word...
So what is good financial advice?

So what is good financial advice?

On its own advice is just advice and probably not that effective. Let’s consider a retirement annuity, for example. In isolation the product has many features and benefits which provide many reasons to invest. In one. A main advantage is the tax deductibility of the...
Investing in uncertain times….

Investing in uncertain times….

The investment horizon is never really certain. However, the current global economic climate is definitely more uncertain than before. Economies throughout the world are battling to create employment and dig themselves out of the debt. Doubt, fear and worry loom. Yet...